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Member Since: 6/27/2006
Influences: Vote For Change
Flower of Scotland & Her Flag
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I am directly related, by blood, to the following surnames: Kelly, McDaniel, Farley, Elsey, Farwell, Smith, Middleton, Alexander, Crawford, Gunter, Gunther and many more, I’m sure. Alas, I don’t know the Cherokee surname – or If there was an existing surname – of my Great-Granny Middleton’s Grandmother, Mary Alice Gunter, who is my connection to that ancient world and the Trail of Tears removal. Gunter was her married name, and it Isn’t presently known if her husband was Cherokee or if he was given the white name of Gunter/Gunther.
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MUSIC....(and in no particular order): The Parking Lot Trio, Dave Edmunds, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel, Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Donovan, The Kinks, Queen, Nick Lowe, Slade, Ian McLagan, Small Faces & The Faces, The Babys, Johnny Rivers, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Ellis Paul, Don Conoscenti, Blondie Chaplin, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Peter Paul & Mary, Arlo, Joan, Judy Collins, The Ink Spots, The Platters, Mills Brothers, The Louvin Brothers, Elton Britt, Don Walser, Chuck Berry & Johnnie Johnson, Wanda Jackson, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, The Pretenders, Iggy, Kirsty MacColl, Deborah McColl, Hoyt Axton, Carlene Carter, Stevie Nicks, Bob Wills, Jimmie Rogers, Hank Williams, Floyd Tillman, The Chuck Wagon Gang, Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, George Jones, Steve Earle, Kostas, Lena Horne, Nina Simone, Loston Harris, Henry Mancini, Cole Porter, Rachmanninov, Handel....and SO many others.
OTHER LIKES: Water / Tazo Chai (Tea) / Bougainvillea / Violas (Johnny Jump-Ups) / Cantaloupe / Blueberries / Seagulls & the shore / Juicy Couture / Betsey Johnson / Brit humor / photos /words / songs / Tilt-a-Whirl / Liddle Kiddles / Swiss Mushroom Soup / Eggplant / Sky filled with fireworks / color / textures / Balloons / aromas / Haiku / Orchids / Meadow glistening with fireflies / Wild Foliage
FILMS: Atonement, Broken English, City Lights (Chaplin), Shine, The Secret of Roan Inish (Ireland), Ponette (France), Central Station (Brazil), Eldra (Wales) and "Lille Far" a short film from Denmark. For laughs, I LOVE: Sordid Lives, Office Space, Twins, Peter Sellers & Marx Brothers movies.
TV - Though I don't always watch, faves are: Jonathan Creek, At Home with the Braithwaites and Father Ted (BBC America Channel), The Greatest American Hero (reruns), Globe Trekker, Fawlty Towers, Monty Python's Flying Circus and, Lenny & Squiggy (David L. Lander and Michael McKean).
BOOKS Non-fiction writers: Eckhart Tolle, Louise Hay, Alan Cohen, James Van Praagh. "Edgar Cayce: An American Prophet" by Sidney D. Kirkpatrick is one heck of a book I've read twice and will read again, I'm sure. Fiction: My favorite author of fiction is Paul Zindel (Pulitzer winner for the play "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds.") My Zindel favorites: "The Doom Stone," "Loch," "Pardon Me, You're Stepping on My Eyeball," "My Darling, My Hamburger," and "The Pigman." ~
Type of Label: Indie
