..Lives well lived. Exploring the struggle of those who seek the transformation of self and society. Kafka, Tolstoy, Mother Teresa, Camus, Eliot, Hesse, Van Gogh, Nijinsky, Hardy, Shaw, Blake, Nietzsche, Dostoyevski.--Criminal Justice, the ghetto, crack cocaine. I am a psychotherapist in a prison with repeat male felons. The first generation of crack-ho mothers, boys who fell through the social welfare cracks. Had to survive on the streets at eight or nine, feed their kid brothers and sisters. Armed at 16. Penitentiary number at 19.--Downtown--my way cool 1860 home in Walnut Hills with views to die for.--My beloved wild, funny, deep, beautiful children.
Barbara Bush and Brightgrrl, Kennebunkport, Maine 2000
First off, Jesus. I want to have a green tea with Jesus. Ghandi, Martin Luther King and me...Yes! Eva Cassidy should play at Leo's Coffeehouse. I want to go shopping for platform shoes with Princess Di..........................................................
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Mary Cassatt always delights me.
Jessie Smith Wilcox is so good.
Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high,
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby.
Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true.
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.
~Emily Dickinson
Albrecht Durer 1502
Adore, and more, Leaving Las Vegas. The sound track is better than percocet. Monster with Charlize, she became, took the form of, the soul of, the wounded precious monster, right before our eyes. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Taxi Driver, Sling Blade because the crazies are more sane than the systemites--------------------------------------------------
---Leaving Las Vegas the quintessential existential angst of all time.
Beloved Monster
"If he's crazy what does that make you?" Nurse Mildred Ratched and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Which is more powerful the sword or love in driving out hate. The Mission.
The Baby Grrls
The Boy I Love
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Tim O'Briens, Lake of the Woods. Love, mirrors, magic, politics. The mystery told in circles, all in flashbacks, reminiscent of the film Memento. Jeremy LeRoy's Sarah, he writes like Flannery O'Conner tied to the bed and plied with angel dust. These are some of my favorite reads of all time.
I am a counselor in a prison. I work with male felons. This is my passion. Each man is unique and full of potential, with so much to give. Each has been through hell and back, children of God who have lost their way. Blessings to them all always and forever my love goes with you.Every year I am a clown at the annual prison picnic for the neighborhood children. I dance with the old ladies and make the children laugh.
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~COFFEE EMPORIUM~ Tony and Eileen made the most way cool coffee shop downtown. Coffee roasted on site and brewed fresh daily. I love all the beautiful baristas who brighten my day.
Noah James O'Brien. Rebekah Joy O'Brien. Rachel Alice O'Brien. Erin Carey O'Brien. Faith Michaela O'Briend. xooxoxooxoxox Helen Louise Koller, Malcom X, Mother Teresa, Jesus, Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Muriel Canfield (my lipstick grrl!),Lea, Amy and Elmer Pittman,Stefan Strehler,Dr. Terry Hamblin a modern day medical Jesus or Ghandi, Jim McCune who saved my life once and to whom I will always be grateful, the disenfranchized, the homeless, the weak and those that love them.
Eva Cassidy Our Eternal Songbird
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I love to play the piano! Hours and hours playing the piano!~~Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, J.S. Bach --Canon in D, Johann Pachelbel --Moonlight Sonata, L. van Beethoven --Concerto in A Minor, E.Grieg~~
THE WEDDING COUPLE
by Donald HallFifteen years ago his heart
infarcted and he stopped smoking.
At eighty he trembled
like a birch but remained vigorous
and acute.
When they married,
fifty years ago, I was twelve.
I observed the white lace
veil, the mumbling preacher, and the flowers
of parlor silence
and ordinary absurdity; but
I thought I stood outside
the parlor.
For two years she dwindled
by small strokes
into a mannequin--speechless almost, almost
unmoving, eyes open
and blinking, fitful in perception--
but a mannequin that suffered
shame when it stained the bed sheet.
Slowly, shaking with purpose,
he carried her to the bathroom,
undressed and washed her,
dressed her in clean clothes, and carried her back
to CNN and bed. "All
you need is love," sang John and Paul:
He touched her shoulder; her eyes
caressed him like a bride's bold eyes.Copyright © 1996 by The Atlantic Monthly Company.
She danced in the dirty streets
Satin shoes tied to her feet
People round here said she was a sight
Every night when the sun went down
She'd curtsy and take a bow
To the man in the moon and the dim street lights
We held in high regard
The rose in the mission yard
Singin "Buffalo Gals wont you come out tonight"And her name was Ruby Brown
And she came through shanty town
Like a queen without a crown
And her name was Ruby BrownLong about ten years ago
She disappeared, why no one knows
But some say she was runnin for her life
'Cause a mean looking man in a limousine
Came down from New Orleans
He said he came here looking for his wifeAnd her name was Ruby Brown
And she came through shanty town
Like a queen without a crown
And her name was Ruby BrownSome say he beat her bad
'Til she just went plain mad
But I say she went where he could never goAnd her name was Ruby Brown
And she came through shanty town
Like a queen without a crown
And her name was Ruby BrownDeAnna Carter
DeAnna Carter Lyrics
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Ma Crow is a well-known Cincinnati musician. She has recorded with various artists including Harold Kennedy, Roger Yeardley, The Flock and Plow On Boy. Featured guest with the Cincinnati Women's Choir, the Irish Ramblers, Mid-Life Crisis Ramblers, M.C. Blue, Chicken Deluxe, Friends of the Family and Katie Laur's All Girl Bluegrass Band. She has opened for British icon Richard Thompson, and been featured at live performances at the Ohio State Fair, Tall Stacks, Appalachian Festival, Edensong Concerts and did live performances on numerous radio shows in the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky area........................................................
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Cincinnati, troubled city that I love.
Muriel Canfield is my best friend. She is a renowned author who has won many literary awards. She is a cool grrl and I love her.
I love designing beautiful spaces and interior design. I relish living in beautiful rooms.