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anne shields!

I am here for Friends

About Me

Slow and Steady wins the Race, sometimes I just Rush through with My Heart to lead me though.

My Interests


Calling You I.
Munchkinland.
Long Trips.
Short Trips.
Positive Mental Growth.
Addiction Recovery.
Water and Pigment.
Relieving Backaches.
$1 French Press Coffee w/Refill.
Family.
Knocking down Walls.
Inclusion.
Comfort.
What we put in affects what comes out.

I'd like to meet:

My Day.

Music:

Elizabeth Cotten
Dave Mallet
Ani Difranco
James Taylor
Mirah
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Guitar
Joanna Newsom
Two Gallants
Bones of Davey Jones
Arrested Development

Movies:

Say Anything.
Harold and Maude.
Life is Wonderful.

Heroes:

Julia Child,
My Mum,
Edward Hawes,
Eileen Hawes,
and Super Grover!

My Blog

I have some story to tell you all...

I sit here the eve of my 6 week anniversary of being a emergencycommunities.org volunteer.  It is a wonderful process, It is a beautiul time.  A time of expansion, passion, creativity, hards...
Posted by anne shields! on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:28:00 PST

My New Orleans plans

For ease of communication I inform all of my friends out there of my upcoming destination. After returning to Brooklyn for a month and a bit I have decided to volunteer down in New Orleans. I will be ...
Posted by anne shields! on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:12:00 PST

Goodness

So many positive changes and so many "backwards steps"  whatevs that means.  It's as if for every trait I deem positive that I take on I have to hustle off in other directions...
Posted by anne shields! on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 03:40:00 PST

updates from west side highway. (I miss my Manhattan know-it-allness)

Do you folks know how much literature and media is absolutely soaked in NYC?  For a little girl from Maine, alone, nearly contactless in a bright and mostly overcast new city I can assure you we ...
Posted by anne shields! on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 02:58:00 PST

Write. Paint. Draw. Live.

New Family, a few new friends, a few old friends.  Knowing old friends in new ways and new friends in old ways.  Fireworks, Libraries, Dog Park and Oprah. Drawing daily, walking often, crawl...
Posted by anne shields! on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 01:39:00 PST

Thank you to all I'll miss

I'm just about off on the start of my latest adventure. I sit here loading music on the ipod and am anxious, nervous, anticipating inevitable growth and above all am ready. Three days on the train. ...
Posted by anne shields! on Sun, 21 May 2006 07:54:00 PST

Auntie Anne! Auntie Anne!

You heard it here first, the small children will be screaming it for miles around!  Happy and sad today; suffering a great loss, but also celebrating a new beginning.  It's a great, gr...
Posted by anne shields! on Fri, 07 Apr 2006 06:50:00 PST

my UPS man is such a flatterer

Just goes to show that if you present people with a positive view of themselves they are bound to take it on.  The source of all which makes us uncomfortable, angry and rude lies within our neck ...
Posted by anne shields! on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 07:25:00 PST

Wed, Thur, Fri Afternoons

the grumpy phone calls begin!   I have an Antarctic Explorer on my deskotp though, it's not so bad.  I think I'll have to fetch myself a croissant today....
Posted by anne shields! on Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:36:00 PST

feeling a bit lovely tender

"there's nothing like looking at your own history in the faces of your friends."
Posted by anne shields! on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 08:51:00 PST