Travel, art, cultural studies, music....family and friends above all! Favorite places to go are Kaikuru, New Zealand...Andermatt, Switzerland... and Thassos, Greece. I have jet-boated in New Zealand, I have been to Paris so many times that I have lost count, and I have seen London, Paris and Rome all in the same day. But I have never walked the Great Wall of China, never trekked in Nepal and never drifted down the Amazon, so I am not through yet. I live both in the States and the UK...traveling between the two every few months or so. That being said, I sometimes wish that I could stay forever and never roam from my Blue Ridge Mountain home....
I'd like to meet:
First of all, I would want to meet AMMA, the Hugging Saint from India. I would want her to wrap her arms around me and hold me for a very, very long time...I have a hunger for that deep within me....and then....All of the men and women from whom I am descended...all those Grandmas and Grandpas, ones I have known and those gone long before me. I have the names and details for over two hundred of my grandparents going back over 15 generations. I am surely the sum total of them all.And all my fiddle playing grandpas from as way back as these mountains were settled....."He fiddled a wind by the lonesome moon,He fiddled a most almighty tune.He started fiddling like a ghost.He ended fiddling like a host.He fiddled north an' he fiddled south,He fiddled the heart right out of yore mouth.He fiddled here an' he fiddled there.He fiddled salvation everywhere."Stephen Vincent Benet's
"The Mountain Whippoorwill"My great grandparents, Grandma and Grandpa Casey.
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Music:
ALL GENRES, ALL SOUNDS, ALL VOICES, EVERY STORY TO BE TOLD....WILL FREED...My #1....'So Beautiful','Hear Me Now', 'Fool's Mad Waltz' and 'Children of the World' are among my favorites......Check out his other music via my favorite friends. I THINK HE'S AMAZING.......
Each song is a story in itself...no two alike. Will raises the bar for everyone!BROTHA.DEEP......
Truly an amazing talent!Marc McBarren Kessler....
an incredible, incredible (did I say incredible) talent and priceless friend! Everyone is going to know him someday!Joseph Swidenbank....
just the best!!! He is infectious and a joy!
Love him!Jack Rubinacci...
the shooting star....Sine Bach Ruttel...
a dream come true...JENNIFER HUDSON is my all time favorite...she was amazing in Dreamgirls! She won it all!!!!! Here with my fav guy, James...Steve Kelly....Check him out!!!!And Paolo Nutini....And, of course, ALL THE MUSIC OF MY YOUTH!!!AND LOVING MY BRILLIANT FRIEND MANNI...
WRITER OF LOVE SONGS!
Movies:
Artsy films...dramas, love stories, period pieces........hate action films! Two favorite film is 'Lost in Translation". It brings back memories and I never get tired of it! And 'Yes', which is so incredibly beautiful...such full of emotion and passion...I could watch it over and over and still discover more. "What the Bleep Do we Know" is fascinating and thought provoking.......And "Dreamgirls" cause my fav boy,James's fav girl,Jennifer, stole the whole show!!!! That Oscar looks good on you, James, Sweetie!
Television:
Documentries of all sorts, news shows, some select reality shows, movies, etc.....and 'Big Love'...
Books:
Any thing by Lee Smith...especially 'Fair and Tender Ladies'. I am an avid reader...and I will read anything and everything that I can get my hands on. I am a poet at heart as well, so...
Heroes:
Josh and Patrick.....who have overcome what life dealt them and have become exceptional young men.My Noah...whose gifts and talents have been his challenge and my joy...John, who has gone through so much but never gives up.*********************************************************
******************My father, Paul Cordill. He was a member of the Big Red One. He was awarded, among others, the Silver Star, Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts during WWII.and my pretty 'Mama'....Carlyle (Corky) Cordill
My Uncle
Killed in South Africa/WWII.My home in Virginia............
