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The Manic Oregon-ic

Autumn Cometh!

About Me

We come with beautiful secrets* We come with purposes written on our hearts, written on our souls* We come to every new morning*With possibilities only we an hold, only we can hold* Redemption comes in strange places, small spaces* Calling out the best of who we are* And add to the beauty* To tell a better story* I want to shine with the light* That's burning up inside* It comes in small inspiations* It brings redemption to life and to work*To our lives and our work* It comes in loving community* It comes in helping a soul find it's worth*A soul find its worth* Redemption comes in strange places, small spaces* Calling out the best of who we are* And I want to add to the beauty* To tell a better story* I want to shine with the light* That's burning up inside* This is grace, an invitation to be beautiful* Redemption comes in strange places, small spaces* Calling out our best* And i want to ad to the beauty* I want to shine with the light* That's burning up inside*
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My Interests

Loving my husband. Nature. Animals, my dogs. Art, especially photography and pottery. Coffee, music,Garage Sales, antique stores, Global Warming, Fair Trade, journaling, Crafting, Gardening, Anything outside...Camping, hiking, biking, snowboarding, canoing, kayaking, backpacking, birdwatching and outdoor naps too. Organic and local food.

I'd like to meet:

Ansel Adams and Sacagawea. She must have been hard core. Talk about Proverbs 31. She helped those guys survive on berries and roots. And made some sweet moccassins. All with a baby strapped on her back.

Music:

My husband playing the harmonica, Old School Bob Fitts, Feist, Brazillian/Cuban, ambience, Irish drinking songs, Def Lepard, U2, Etta James, Matisyahu, Sara Groves,James Taylor, David Gray, Snow Patrol...Why did I even attempt to list these? There's way too many.

Movies:

Goonies (hello, I'm from Astoria!!!) Say Anything, Mona Lisa Smile, Steel Magnolias, okay chick flicks and anything that makes me laugh real hard.

Television:

Extreme Home Makeover (I still cry at every episode) Deadliest Catch, Dog the Bounty Hunter, Live Fresh with Sarah Snow,The Manic Organic, Animal Planet, Little People Big World. The truth is I never used to watch TV and now we have TiVo.

Books:

THE WAY, THE BIBLE Anything by Donald Miller (fellow Oregonian) Outdoor Adventures. Nature books. Under the Overpass. Last Child in the Woods. The Journals of Lewis and Clark, The Irresistible Revolution, Social Justice and Environmental books. Anne Lamott, Moby Dick.

Heroes:

Mother Teresa and my mom

My Blog

TRAVELING MERCIES

Hey Friends, I am headed to Seattle the land where coffee flows like sweet wine. I will be gone for two weeks and then to live in the cornfields of Illinois so dont be mad if I dont respond for a cou...
Posted by The Manic Oregon-ic on Sat, 01 Jul 2006 06:35:00 PST

Hey Girls

"The moment you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for."---Maureen Dowd  
Posted by The Manic Oregon-ic on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:06:00 PST