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Mike

Seeking beauty in nature, tapping into the creativity of the universe, doing all things with love

About Me

I've been happily married for 8 years, I have a daughter who is 2 years old and a 6 month old son. I enjoy music, poetry, reading, writing, hiking, nature, painting and art.

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My Interests

History, environment, outdoors, hiking, traveling, landscaping, photography, spirituality, mysticism, shamanism, botany, archeaology, anthropology, drinking tea, yoga, meditation, cooking, painting

I'd like to meet:

Those with similar interests in music, poetry, books, painting and the environment

Music:

The Church, Steve Kilbey, Peter koppes, Marty Wilson-Piper, Gilt Trip, Noctorum, Isidore, Jack Frost, Michael McDermott, Bic Runga, The Alarm, Mike Peters, Mazzy Star, Hope Sandoval, The Spinanes, Mat Kearney, The Sundays, Sojo Glider, Sea Ray, Tony Pucci, Lightning Waltz, The Mood Maidens, Dandelion Wine, The Corduroy Couch, Rubacuori, Beangrowers, Deep Fathom Light, Pyramid Builders Union, The Foglifters, Bright Red, All India Radio, Hitchcock's Regret, Halogen, Leigh Gregory, Mellow Drunk, Harry Flowers, Chris Gibson, Meteor

Movies:

Kolya,Munich,The Producers(the original),Monster,Calender Girls, Carandiru, Me You Them, Lagaan, Bombay, Baran,Wal-Mart:The High Cost of Low Price, Grizzly man, Stevie, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, City of M, To Live, Like Water for Chocolate, Dias de Santiago, Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt, In America, Butterfly, Central Station, Curb Your Enthusiam, The Road Home, Whale Rider, Spring Summer Fall Winter and Spring, The Story of Weeping Camel, Control Room, The Corporation, Intermission, Crash, Sideways, Himalaya, Born into Brothels, Gandhi, Talk to Her, The King of Masks, The Aviator, Ray, Spanglish, Hotel Rwanda, Napolean Dynamite, Not One Less, Finding Neverland,Bridgets Jones, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Straight Story, Children of Heaven, The Color of Paradise, The Devil's Backbone, Real Women Have Curves, The Endurance, Keep to the River on your Right, Lost Boys of Sudan, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Captain Pantoja and the Special Services, Osama, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Regret to Inform, City of God, Anchorman, Touching the Void, Super Size Me

Television:

Discovery, History, Animal Planet, National Geographic, Travel

Books:

History: George Catlin - North American Indians, Diaz - The Conquest of New Spain, John Tanner - The Falcon, Charles Darwin - Voyage of the Beagle, David Crockett - A Narrative of the Life of David Crocket, Stephen Ambrose - Crazy Horse and Custer, Cabeza de Vaca - Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America, Martin Dugar - Into Africa, Bernard DeVito - The Journals of Lewis and Clark, Anna Lanyon - Malinche's Conquest, William Prescott - History and Conquest of Mexico and Peru, Hugh Thomas - Conquest, Wade Davis - One River, Candice Millard - The River of Doubt, Francis Parkman - The Oregon Trail, MacGregor - The Journals of Patrick Gass, Clark - Dear Brother, Alan Taylor - American Colonies, Michael Wood - Conquistadors, Mark Plotkin - Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice, Hernan Cortes - Letters from Mexico, Maurice Collis - Cortes and Montezuma, John Hemming - The Conquest of the Incas, Wade Davis - The Serpent and the Rainbow, Anna Lanyon - The New World of Martin Cortes, William Sullivan - The Secret of the Incas, Carter - Buffalo Bill Cody, John Faragher -Daniel Boone.

Heroes:

John James Audubon, Charles Darwin, Wade Davis, Aldo Leopold, John Muir, Mark Plotkin, Richard Evans Shultes, Hiram Bingham, Ernest Shackleton, Maria Reiche, Sacagawea, Lewis and Clark, Marina (Malinche), Theodore Roosevelt, Buffalo Bill Cody, Cândido Mariano da Silva Rondon, Francis Parkman, Francisco Orellana, James Cook, Zitkala-Sa

My Blog

Radiant Ones

Stagnant The surface like a jagged mirror Each smile creates a tiny ripple Stirring up the ocean of my heart Drawing me into the swirling vortex I slowly succumb to the foreboding storm Its dark massi...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 22 May 2008 07:38:00 PST

Fragrant Mexican Evening

Tall slim reeds rustle in the gentle afternoon breeze Surrounding me rise dark green foothills littered with stone Fluffy white clouds pervade the serene encompassing blue sky Stretching down to the g...
Posted by Mike on Wed, 21 May 2008 07:42:00 PST

Dream Illusions

I suddenly wake up Dreams touch reality Gently intermingling Like the waves and sky Quietly crossing over From night into morning Fading into the afternoon Visions and memories Departed friends and fa...
Posted by Mike on Wed, 21 May 2008 07:06:00 PST

Glowing Afterimage

This glowing afterimage seemingly persists Distorted fragments of some forgotten memories The scenes from yesteryear there to remind me Every instant imprinted and recorded into the ether Sadness, lau...
Posted by Mike on Tue, 20 May 2008 07:27:00 PST

Lost Moments of Time

I suddenly awoke startled Distant music drifting of into the shadowy ether For a strange moment time stood still My perception strangely altered Reality out of focus The darkness swelled as if takin...
Posted by Mike on Fri, 16 May 2008 08:02:00 PST

Unexpected Three

I slowly followed the sacred twisting river In the murky shallows under the gaze of ancient eyes Wading in the tree-lined muddy banks Each leaf covered in layers of choking dust The churning water as ...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 15 May 2008 07:19:00 PST

A Terrible Reflection

The fragile world in shatters Stability quickly disintegrates This earth trembles and shivers Conjuring up the fiercest of endless storms A whirling twirling writhing twist of fate The terrible reflec...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 15 May 2008 07:00:00 PST

Light and Phosphorescence

The night somehow feels shallow Sweeping me in its diminishing depths As if pondering the essence of all being The spark of this ever present soul But the days are translucent Sickness transpires Over...
Posted by Mike on Sat, 10 May 2008 07:48:00 PST

24 Hours

The enshrouding darkness is endless and flowing Like a thick encapsulating fog beseeching me I lovingly let it quietly overtake me Surrender gracefully to its black familiar depths Falling into the lo...
Posted by Mike on Fri, 02 May 2008 07:43:00 PST

Contentment at the End of the Day

Just sitting back now and finishing a nice warm cup of tea.  I'm luckiest father ever with my two beautiful children-I couldn't ask for more-my life is so full of happiness-I couldn't imagi...
Posted by Mike on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:03:00 PST