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Debra aka Berkana

Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death! Auntie Mame, 1958

About Me

I am an artist, mother, optimist, free spirit, and more...
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My Interests

Dancing, reading, sewing, fishing, gardening, music, movies, going to museums, galleries, concerts, and the theater, history, medievalism, anime', animals. Actually, it would be easier to list that in which I am not interested...

I'd like to meet:

People who can stimulate me on more than one level...especially fellow visual artists, sculptors, performance artists, musicians, writers, film makers, actors/actresses, dancers and all who have an interest in the various arts...or anyone would like to know more about me and my work...
You Are Romanticism
You are likely to see the world as it should be, not as it is.
You prefer to celebrate the great things people do... not the horrors they're capable of.
For you, there is nothing more inspiring than a great hero.
You believe that great art reflects the artist's imagination and true ideals. What Art Movement Are You?

You are The Star

Hope, expectation, Bright promises.

The Star is one of the great cards of faith, dreams realised

The Star is a card that looks to the future. It does not predict any immediate or powerful change, but it does predict hope and healing. This card suggests clarity of vision, spiritual insight. And, most importantly, that unexpected help will be coming, with water to quench your thirst, with a guiding light to the future. They might say you're a dreamer, but you're not the only one.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

Music:

All music with the exception of some rap and country/western...I do have a slight preference for "alternative rock" (labels are so inaccurate...)I was introduced to the band, Close To Home and I am now a fan...check them out...Dropshift rocks! Check them out...

Movies:

To Kill a Mockingbird, The Grapes of Wrath, The Blues Brothers, Spirited Away, My Neighbor Torturo, Pirates of the Caribbean, LOTR Trilogy, the Harry Potter series, the Star Wars series, Schindler's List, Lawrence of Arabia, the original King Kong, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Forbidden Planet, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, Moonstruck...another area where it would be easier to list what I don't like...

Television:

I watch very little television but I do adore Cartoon Network...and sneak peeks at Court TV. I also watch AMC or Turner Classic Movies occasionally...

Books:

Most often non-fiction...some of my favorite fiction: The Idiot, Dead Souls, Idylls of the King, the LOTR series, Stranger in a Strange Land, A Tale of Two Cities, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the Harry Potter series, The Once and Future King, all of Jane Austen's works, Wuthering Heights, Of Mice and Men, The Chronicles of Narnia, the Dune series, Anne Rice novels (irresistable candy), The Story of O, etc., etc.

Heroes:

My daughter, Hawkgirl, and all the heroines in Miyazaki films...

My Blog

Kismet and Soulmates...

...are real...
Posted by Debra aka Berkana on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 07:51:00 PST

Finding balance on the rollercoaster we call life...

As I wrote in my most recent post, a woman whom I loved dearly died on Friday.  It was one of the tragedies of my life.  Even when a person has lived a long and full life, those wh...
Posted by Debra aka Berkana on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 03:07:00 PST

Loss...

Today, I watched my former sister-in-law pass from this life while I held her hand and stroked her cheek.  Her son could not be there due to the fact that he is a helicopter pilot for C...
Posted by Debra aka Berkana on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:34:00 PST

Superstitions and luck....

Today is Friday the 13th...a day that causes worry for some but has usually been fortuitous for me.  Case in point...I checked my e-mail messages today to find a notice that I had won a prize fro...
Posted by Debra aka Berkana on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 07:06:00 PST

Another night when pain entwines my body and drains my spirit...

It is a night where I am at a loss on how to cope with the pain that wracks me.  I had been feeling wonderful...whole and healthy.  Last weekend I permitted myself a little getaway a bit of ...
Posted by Debra aka Berkana on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 08:47:00 PST

I thought Cupid had given up on me...

...but I was wrong...
Posted by Debra aka Berkana on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 04:45:00 PST

What happened to mankind's aspirations?

In the last few days, I have found the affairs of man to be increasingly appalling.  I just read of GOP Rep. Mark Foley's suggestive e-mail exchanges with a minor.  The fact that he was...
Posted by Debra aka Berkana on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 08:07:00 PST

I have given up second guessing my decisions....

I love men.  I have mentioned that before in this blog.  However, I am still at a loss as to what most men want...and I know most men are just as bewildered as to what women want so thi...
Posted by Debra aka Berkana on Sun, 04 Jun 2006 03:00:00 PST

Why do I get older but seemingly no wiser....

The Internet is a wonderful way to become acquainted with so many more people than one can through traditional means.  I correspond or chat with people from all over the world...men in particular...
Posted by Debra aka Berkana on Mon, 29 May 2006 06:18:00 PST

I love sheep but I don't want to be part of the flock...

As the years pass and I become wiser in the realization that I know far less than I would like...and that I am unlikely to have the time to learn all that I desire...I do take satisfaction in that I h...
Posted by Debra aka Berkana on Mon, 22 May 2006 08:44:00 PST