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About Me

Writer of great dreams, dreamer of great rides, seeker of higher ideas, grower of herbs, flowers and trees, rider of 1983 harley, canoer of 632 miles of Missouri river, hitchhiker when hitching was saner, safer and friendly. My blog is at http://www.blogspot.sandhillsinfoseeker.

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Rosebud

My Interests

Music, writing, the outdoors, motorcycles, reading, flowers, herbs, anything that grows, different aspects of the law as I work as a paralegal, did I say music?

I'd like to meet:

Anyone with an intelligent idea or who seeks to find one.

Music:

Dave Matthews Band, Tim Reynolds, James Harmon, John Mayer, Moody Blues, Kris Lager Band, Allman Brothers, old blues, Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, Edith Piaf, Native American flute, obscure rock and roll, Springsteen, Neil Young, JJ Cale, Sting, Joni Mitchell, Coldplay, Fred Eaglesmith, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Lucinda Williams, Bonnie Raitt, Iris DeMent...

Jakob Dylan - Something Good This Way Comes
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KBCO - World Class Rock
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Reminds me of early Steve Miller Band, what do you think? Good stuff.

Movies:

Inherit the Wind, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Verdict, Out of Africa, French Kiss, The Quiet Man, Dances with Wolves, Jeremiah Johnson, the Big Easy, Lord of the Rings trilogy, African Queen, the Rare Breed, North to Alaska, The Shawshank Redemption ...

Television:

Masterpiece Theater, Shark, The Amazing Race, Survivor, Globetrekker, Planet Earth, old movies, especially black and white ones.

Books:

the Davinci Code, O Pioneers!, My Antonia, Spring Comes on Forever, In the Spirit of Crazy Horse, Anna Karenina, On the Road, The Dharma Bums, Les Miserables, Lord Jim, The Mists of Avalon, The Guenevere Trilogy by Rosalind Miles,

Heroes:

Susan Seacrest and Al Gore and Elizabeth Edwards and Amy Goodman.

My Blog

the economy

Well for the first time that I can remember it's a good time to be poor. When the rest of the country falls and hits the ground, after the initial shock wears off, we'll be there to how them all th...
Posted by shelly on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:53:00 PST

A Quickie

Just a quick one here. Still no computer at home. Getting frustrated with that but being patient. Things are very mellow at home. Does not reflect the world stage at all. ...
Posted by shelly on Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:06:00 PST

Surprises and joy from a stranger

I so want to thank the person or persons responsible for the beautiful flower and herb plantings around the magic cottage where I live. It took a cleaning up but oh so worth the effort I put in ...
Posted by shelly on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:18:00 PST

The times they are a changin

Another discussion between myself and some of my women friends regarding our life situations. we all live alone and we all are happy living alone. The reasons were the same as the last gro...
Posted by shelly on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:16:00 PST

Restless

Feeling restless again. I want to do be doing something more worthwhile with my life. I am thinking I would like to get away from working in a law office altogether. Although the pay...
Posted by shelly on Wed, 28 May 2008 04:45:00 PST

slaughter on the boulevard

Another trek across Nebraska via Interstate 80 and having been lulled into a sense of pastoral bliss suddenly the bloodshed begins and the carcasses lie all around as we whiz by in our insulated...
Posted by shelly on Thu, 22 May 2008 07:22:00 PST

random thoughts

Watched a youtube video about the new North American Union wherein the boundaries between Mexico, the U.S. and Canada will soon be no more. There is also discussion about the "Amero" - the curre...
Posted by shelly on Wed, 21 May 2008 05:01:00 PST

BIg, Bad, China

Can anyone really be surprised by the turmoil that is blowing up in anticipation of the summer olympics in China? China has a history of isolationism and a static disregard for individual human ...
Posted by shelly on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:42:00 PST

come on Spring!

So now March is teasing us with some very nice warm days and then the next it snows and is cold. So anxious to get working out in the yards and find out what the soil is like here at my new home...
Posted by shelly on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:46:00 PST

still not writing

Still don't have my computer at home yet. Planning the big move in February. House is basically empty... living a very spartan life! Did buy a plant and a boom box so I could listen to mus...
Posted by shelly on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:28:00 PST