I donate in the name of wolves (and look for wolf alerts) at: Defenders of Wildlife
Another good place to go, a good sister site to take action - savewolves.org
My cats, Bella and Luna (Bella is the black and white one, Luna is the gray)
And here are some new pics of my girls today as I was learning and messing with my new camera!
Improv - BATS Improv , Celebrating 20 Years! Woo hoo! Horseback riding with my girl Pickles, wolves, reading good books (light entertainment lately), pirates, naval sea life in general, Dungeons and Dragons (ha ha), making movies, composing music, being with my friends, the ocean, acting, love.
I love animals - here is a slideshow of my girls, Pickles Bella and Luna
Being a Wolf Woman, I can't help but have these cute little wolf pairs on my page. Wolfies! Arwoooooooo!
This is currently my little quote corner or something -
"Ah well, love isn't something you feel, it's something you do. And if the person you are with doesn't want it, you know, do yourself a favor and save it for someone who does." - Nate, Six Feet Under
"You know what I think about . . . life? I think it's all about timing. I think timing is everything." - Brenda, Six Feet Under
"To transform the emptiness of loneliness, to the fullness of aloneness. Ah, that is the secret of life." - Sunita Khosla
"If the wolf is to survive, the wolf haters must be outnumbered. They must be outshouted, out financed, and out voted. Their narrow and biased attitude must be outweighed by an attitude based on an understanding of natural processes." - L. David Mech
"After a while, you just want to be with the one that makes you laugh." - Mr. Big, Sex and the City
'A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night.' - Marilyn Monroe
'Loving can cost a lot but not loving always costs more, and those who fear to love often find that want of love is an emptiness that robs the joy from life.' - Merle Shain
'Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear' - Mark Twain
'Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorius triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.' - Teddy Roosevelt
'But who am I kidding? Dates are things normal girls have. Girls who have time to think about nail polish and facials. You know what I think about? Ambush tactics. Beheading. Not exactly the stuff dreams are made of.' -Buffy, the Vampire Slayer
'When you ride a horse, balance comes, not from freezing your legs to the saddle, but from learning to float with the movement of the horse as you ride. Each step is a dance, the rider's dance as well as the dance of the horse.' - Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
I love lots of stuff - dance music, techno, ambient, trip hop, punk, soundtracks, broadway musicals, classical, 80's music, everything except for reggae and country, and it all depends on my mood.
Jurassic Park, Pirates of the Caribbean, Master and Commander, The Man From Snowy River, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, Speed, Die Hard, Monty Python and The Holy Grail, The Life of Brian, Galaxy Quest, Lady and the Tramp, Amelie, The Sixth Sense, Ever After, Serenity, 40 Year Old Virgin, Star Wars Trilogy pre-Lucas tampering, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Shawshank Redemption, The Princess Bride (and many many others).
I don't watch television, but I do have Netflix. I enjoy Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Angel. Firefly. Sex and the City. Six Feet Under (what a great show!). Rome. Battlestar Galactica. Curb Your Enthusiasm. The Yule Log. Discovery Channel specials on wolves and predators. I'm too busy with work now to watch any TV but if anybody has any recommendations, please let me know, I'm between shows. I adore Craig Ferguson! He makes me laugh! Love it! I go to his official website to watch his latest monologues and sketches - Craig Ferguson Late Late Show
J.D. Robb "Death" series. "Master and Commander" series. Books about the Titanic and shipwrecks and sea worthy stuff.
Books about wolves, both ones talking about their history and the future and the political ramifications and living with humans; plus pretty picture books to sigh over and admire. Impro by Keith Johnstone, Improv for the Theatre by Viola Spolin, the Dictionary. He's Just Not That Into You has been a valuable book for me to read, too. I'm also just starting The Artist's Way after many years of hearing wonderful things about it.
I admire artists who make a living in this crazy world, or do what they love to do. To my teachers and fellow coaches, for inspiring me and setting an wonderful example. Keith Johnstone, Stanisvlasky, Meisner for acting and improv and life. Wolves, for being on the planet with me and also teaching me how to live fully. Pickles, my horse, for her carpe diem philosophy, which has inspired me to do the same and enrich my life. Bella and Luna, for taking care of me and making sure I relax and be the best reclining double cat couch that I can be. To my friends, for loving me and being with me through this crazy adventure called life. People who care about our environment, and help save animals and places like Defenders of Wildlife. Lady, the dog who saved my life when I was 2 years old, Thank you, Lady. I promise to keep working to save your wild progenitors.
Some Wolves I know or have known -
Redbud
Granite
Orca, one of my favorite Alpha Males, woof (with a bison friend)
Kiana, the wolf I adopted and got to meet in Minnesota, and who passed suddenly in 1998
And many many more wolfies across the country and in the world - Arwooooo thank you to all the wolf ambassadors I have ever met.
My Mom - I love you Mom. I miss you very much.
PS Dad, miss you too, I like to think that you are happy singing Karaoke somewhere with Frank Sinatra, or whatever the heck it is we do after this life if we do anything. I love you.
"Time helps, but it may not cure. We're told that time heals all wounds. That's not entirely true, of course. Time does have the ability to make that acute, searing pain of loss less intense, to make your red-hot emotions less painful. But your feelings of loss and emptiness may never completely go away. If you question this, ask any parent whose child has died, even if that death occurred 60 years ago. You may never return to your previous baseline. The death of a loved one changes us forever. Instead, you may find yourself at a new 'normal.' Accepting and embracing that can help you reconcile losses.A final thought - In one way or another, we are all in the same canoe of life. You can bob and weave, but you can't forever dodge the pain of grief and mourning.But someday again, the sun will shine. The day will seem brighter, and your life will go on, even if it'll never be quite the same."Edward Creagan, M.D. Oncologist Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.