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Carrie

Run sap, run!

About Me

"Human beings will be happier - not when they cure cancer or get to Mars or eliminate racial prejudice or flush Lake Erie but when they find ways to inhabit primitive communities again. That's my utopia." -Kurt Vonnegut***********www.dragonflower.org

My Interests

Tapping trees for maple syrup, exploring, learning new trees by their bark and buds, spontaneity, listening to interesting people, hiking, introspection on the waterfront, quiet open spaces, high cliffs for climbing, low valleys for loving, chopping wood, educating, tinkering with my car, gardening, still life

Music:

Daisy May, Seth Bernard, Sari Brown, Steppin In It, Ani Difranco, Greg Brown, Mason Jennings, Taj Mahal, Iron and Wine, Fionna Apple, Joni Mitchel, Tori Amos, Bjork, U2, Neil Young, Phillip Glass, Peter Gabriel, Johnny Cash, Pieta Brown, Pamela Means, Claudia Schmidt, Ben Harper, Sergio Mendez, the first song on the Joan Osborne cd, Beth Orton, Bob Dylan: especially Modern Times, anything from the library that I've never heard before

Movies:

Transamerica

Television:

I consider the window at the foot of my bed that looks out over the woods and the sunrise my tv. It's the best damned place to drink coffee on a Saturday morning.

Books:

Authors: Louise Erdrich, Edward Abbey, Barbara Kingsolver--holy shit to Small Wonders, Thich Nhat Hahn, Chogam Trungpa, Robert Heinlein, Neil Gaman, Kurt Vonnegut, John Steinbeck, Mark Twain, Tom Robbins--especially Still Life with Woodpecker, Rudolph Steiner, Ram Daas: How Can I Help?, Pema Chodron

Heroes:

As a child, Punky Bruster...

My Blog

sigh of relief

There are times when the juxtapostion in life is just so right and wrenching that I can't help but pay attention to those small details...the ones it's easier to ignore, like breath.  This w...
Posted by Carrie on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:09:00 PST

settling in

Well, we made it.  Today it is 65 degrees or so out, blue sky, deep blue breezy lake, and hillside after hillside of immaculately colored trees.  I woke up in the woods, watched the sunrise ...
Posted by Carrie on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 02:10:00 PST

mid-summer slumber

well ladies and gents...you are all so amazing.  It's a full moon today, 75 degrees and sunny with a gentle northerly breeze.  The cats are lazing by the giant maple outside. The tomatoes an...
Posted by Carrie on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:36:00 PST