"Leaving Reality Barefoot"
(photo by B. Brennan)
Most of all I am a nature lover and environmental issues concern me (my past work with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and The Raptor Trust in the Great Swamp has heightened my awareness of conflicts between man and his environment).
Lonesome George, Galapagos Islands
(photo by B. Brennan),
I love going to galleries
and the impressionists, Picasso, VanGogh, the work's of George Segal,
(Depression Bread Line, 1999 by George Segal)
Frank Lloyd Wright,
and photography (especially infrared).
I'm revived at a beach sanctuary,
(photo by B.Brennan)
or in the woods.
(photos by Bobby)
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Those not afraid to wear their hair a little longer!
-"Mother Teresa marked the history of our century with courage. She served all human beings by promoting their dignity and respect, and made those who had been defeated by life feel the tenderness of God."
- Pope John Paul II
"Music is at its best when it brings things to light, illuminates us, sheds light on our lingering darkness... Even more so when it casts light into the heart of our darkness inviting us to see"
... Jim Kerr
The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ(photo by B. Brennan)
The Saint in Asbury Park, NJ(photo by B.Brennan)
Beatles,
(seen shaking hands with Prince Phillip, 1964)
Peter Gabriel, Steve Vai, Jeff Beck, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam, Tears for Fears, Procol Harum, Joni Mitchell, Tori Amos, Donovan, Blind Faith,
Duncan Sheik
(Duncan and I at the NorthStar in Philadelphia, PA),
Contemporary Christian Singers
RAPHAEL and ALY
(www.raphaelmusic.com)
(Photo by J.Clark),
(Watch this interview/video of their beautiful songs)
t.h.e. Modfather,
At Asbury Lanes, NJ with the Love Me Nots
(photo by J.Clark),
Jesse Clark(Photo by Bobby/edited by Starchild),
Michael Hedges,
Pat Metheny,Jeff Beck,
Musicians Harry Bigelow (Dancing Dog Muse) and Jesse Clark,
Circa,
Mark Graham,
Supernatural,
Thomas Newman, Seal, Sting, Simple Minds, Eric Johnson, Tonic, World Party, Oasis, Crowded House, Lenny Kravitz, Verve Pipe, Moke, RUSH, YES, Allan Holdsworth, Larry Carlton, Michael Hedges, Mike Stern, Stephan Grapelli, David Grisman, Stravinsky, Michael Nyman,
Bo Bice,
David Bowie
Jim Kerr (Simple Minds),Jean Luc Ponty, Django Reinhardt, Bothy Band,
Planxty, The Chieftans, The Boys of the Lough, and the list goes on with no rhyme or reason. What moves me, moves me; but I could live without Rap! I'm no country bumpkin either (been there, tried it for a while) but Celtic and Bluegrass music is incredible (though I can play the basics on guitar, my fingers don't move that fast to have a musician's profile instead)!
Girl with a Pearl Earring,
Under the Tuscan Sun,
Out on a Limb, The Piano, Must Love Dogs, Deja Vu, Life As a House, The Terminal, Das Boot, Mrs. Brown, Somewhere in Time, A Beautiful Mind, Forever Young, The Gods Must Be Crazy, West Side Story, Promised Land, Kate and Leopold, Big, Chocolat, Secondhand Lions, Amadeus, The Birds, To Kill a Mockingbird, Master and Commander, What tHe BLeeP Do wE (k)now!?,
The Guardian
Serendipity
Tim,
(Superstar Mel Gibson gives a sensitive performance as Tim, a mentally retarded young man who falls in love with an attractive business-woman in her mid 40's. This is more than a May-September love story -- it's a study of human frailty, courage and devotion. The suberb cast includes co-star Piper Laurie as well as Awyn Kurts and Pat Evison as Tim's parents).
Though I'm not an avid viewer, the Discovery Channel has shows of particular interest to me. I have also enjoyed the Quantum Leap series. When it comes to todays news, I prefer to hear it on the radio, but for a needed laugh, some of the old movies, Red Skelton, Monty Python, Topper, Hogan's Heros,
Mr. Ed,
Johnny Carson,
Zacherley,
I Love Lucy,
The Honeymooners,
(The Honeymooners "Young at Heart", 1956)
my latest love, Mr. Monk,
and most of all,
MASH, always does the trick!
The results of this quiz even surprised me!!
Which Sex and the City player am I?...
Mutant Message Down Under, Aesop's Fables,
Into The Wild,
Into Thin Air, The Tiny Book of Tiny Houses, A Dog's Book of Truths and Shadow Divers (Ridley Scott ("Kingdom of Heaven") has signed on to bring Robert Kurson's novel "Shadow Divers" to the big screen (though not in the near future). Plot Outline: Two wreck divers discover the hull of a German U-boat off the coast of New Jersey and spend the next seven years of their lives searching for the truth behind the ship and men who died inside it. Having dove with and painfully waited for the safe return of those who risked their lives on this adventure, I can only say that wreck-diving is not a "sport" to be undertaken without great discipline, and strength of body and mind. Every soldier of the sea has his or her own battle and if you lose, well, there is no room for error! This heroic true story will educate and shock you as the divers risk everything to solve one of the last mysteries of WWII!).
Shadow Divers Ritchie Kohler and John Chatterton
"That we mattered to you as you mattered to us.""Shadow Divers" (Doug, John, Kevin, Ritchie)
(About diving Kevin wrote: "You lived through all of this with me. As exciting as it was, I stopped diving like this in part to give you peace of mind. Perhaps I am still around because of that decision.")
St. Francis,
(copy and paste this link to hear Sarah MacLachlan sing "The Prayer of Saint Francis"):
http://jeremy.zawodny.com/mp3/graveprayerstfrancis.mp3
Jane Goodall (1934 - ) She is the English primatologist, ethologist and anthropologist, probably best-known for conducting a forty-year study of chimpanzee social and family life, as director of the Jane Goodall Institute in Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania,
Dian Fossey (1932-1985),My Dad,(My inspiration and best friend. Thank you for showing me the beauty of nature that surrounds us!)
This song by Tori Amos is for you -- Winter (visit site)
Download from iTunes
http://home.moravian.edu/students/p/stmnp04/X.mp3
TORI AMOS lyrics
St. Jude,
(Pray for us most holy apostle, and I gratefully encourage devotion to you for the favors I have received for help where help was almost despaired of!)Steve Irwin (from Steve Irwin's father, "don't cry for Steve, cry for the animals..."),
Shirley MacLaine,
..
adopt your own virtual pet!
My dog Jimi,Playing with sticks by the "Rainbow Bridge" (see my blog)
(Photo by B.Brennan)ELWOOD the Great Dane
Thankyou Elwood for lighting up our lives!
(Photo property of the Mid-Atlantic GREAT DANE Rescue League)