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marta

I am here for Friends and Networking

My Interests

Music:

Classical; Chopin, Verdi, Ginastera.Classic rock_50's, 60's_some Presley,The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, Woodie Guthrie(my extent for country music) Blues; Big Mama Thornton, J.L.Hooker, Odetta,B.B. King, Some Hard Rock & 70's and 80's groups like Aerosmith, A/C, D/C Be-Bop; Charlie Parker & others Jazz; T. Monk & others Tango; C. Gardel and others 30's French pop; Edith Piaff, M. Chevalier, etc. Diverse countries folk; Basque, Abbruzezi, Argentine, Brazilian, Gascone, Occitane, African

Movies:

All original Bonds films, Some Woody Allen films, some musicals like Hello Dolly, Cabaret, Chicago, Moulin Rouge. Clasics films like A Man and A Woman,The Third Man, Casablanca, etc and most old horror films. Classic Disney; Cinderella, Bambi, Fantasia, etc

Television:

Don't wacht much but I absolutly love soccer games, specially the World Cup & Argentine fobal..viva Boca.

Books:

On the Road and all Kerouac books, Don Quijote, JL Borges, Martin Fierro, A. Daudet, Dumas, nature stories ALA animals are well presented, some comics, historic novels, The Redwall Chronicles, many others but no romance genre except classics, a bit of fantasy and horror such as Anne Rice, Stephen King, Dean Koontz.

Heroes:

More than one and too numerous to name. Ppeople that do lots of TNR (hey Gail)thru rain or snow, same as animal rescuers & tamers (yo Gesine) the no-kill movement and above all the creatures whose lives hang by a thread and nonetheless they survive.

My Blog

Thumbs down for glo kitties

http://...com/32c3g9 Say NO to transgenic research** and bioengineering. **from some species that naturally glow in the dark
Posted by marta on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:14:00 PST

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Posted by marta on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:18:00 PST

And heeere is Zoie!


Posted by marta on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 05:02:00 PST

Zoie or when foster homes get overwhelmed..

 Zoie, a 5 or 6 mos DSH female sweetie..her foster mom wants to find her a home ASAP  because she was inundated with rescues from another foster home, etc, etc (long story..nothing pleasant)...
Posted by marta on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:39:00 PST

I don't do mornings (or rather I do, Nanette does not) shirt

Here's my last design for my store Humor section..it isn't up yet b/c I haven't finished updating it but I had to tell you about this pictures. That is Nanette who was asleep when I walked in and turn...
Posted by marta on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 02:26:00 PST

Man eats dog??? BBC piece

I just read in MSN that a British artist ate a Corgi (actually he said he took 3 bites and couldn't swallow more it was so disgusting) in protest for Prince Phillip treatment of foxes...(the Queen fav...
Posted by marta on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 08:42:00 PST

Francisco & Omar, even Margaret now

This year seems to bring more casualties than last..it seems we'll have to euthanize Omar, a hard stray that lived, was adopted and now lives again with the ferals. Francisco we're far (I hope) from e...
Posted by marta on Tue, 29 May 2007 09:42:00 PST

Minou

Last night Minou, one of the strays we feed at the porch showed up with a mangled foot..I've been setting the trap for him andothers but this time he actually wanted to come in so we picked him up, p...
Posted by marta on Tue, 22 May 2007 09:18:00 PST

Lionel needs your help

This pretty old guy (don't know how old, over 5 anyways) really need us. Lionel's family abandoned him when they moved about three years ago. He has been living with the ferals for over a year now. &...
Posted by marta on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:16:00 PST

Introducing Luciano (photo taken this noon)

 No foster homes yet for this boy..after I saw the pic I wondered if I was holding him right, I mean he was neutered last Tue I hope I didn't hurt him! I'll check with the vet. He's such a friend...
Posted by marta on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:20:00 PST