Mood:
grateful
Status:
Grateful for the kindness and caring of all our EF members!
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Mar 16, 2010, 18:28 CDT
Gender:
Female
Location:
On a riverbank, somewhere in Indiana
Orientation:
Straight
Body Type:
Average
Height:
5'6"
Religion:
Other
Ethnicity:
White / Caucasian
About Me:
I'm a gentle soul, shy but adventurous. I am often struck by wanderlust, and would forget to come home, except I have two fuzzy beasties depending on me (my dogs).... I am vegetarian....I am delighted by simple things, the patterns of frost on my window, a colorful sunset, a delicious cup of cappuccino or tea....I am truly amazed by all the magic I continue to find in the world....and thankful for all my wonderful friends and family.
Music:
Grateful Dead, Rusted Root, Candlebox, Tool, Led Zeppelin, Pearl Jam, Santana, Evanescence, Audioslave, Jethro Tull, Nirvana, Brother, Minstrels of Mayhem, Elvendrums, Medieval Babes, Istanpitta, Gaelic Storm, The Gypsy Nomads, Priscilla Hernandez, Omnia, Faun, Irfan, Dead Can Dance, Kan 'Nal, Michael Hedges, any kinda rock, some heavy metal, classical, blues, bluegrass, world music, show tunes, eclectic really...music is the only thing that keeps me sane sometimes...
Movies:
Chocolate, A Knight's Tale, Pan's Labyrinth, Practical Magic, Lord of the Rings, The Dark Crystal, Rocky Horror, Second Hand Lions, Sound of Music, Trouble with Angels, Wizard of Oz, Bridge to Terabithia,Corpse Bride(especially the music), Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Gilbert Grape
TV:
I rarely watch TV, but I did like Northern Exposure when it was on
Books:
Runes of Elfland, The Wood Wife by Teri Windling, Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Women Who Run With The Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski, Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan, Siddhartha, Peter Pan, Alice In Wonderland, Thomas The Rhymer by Ellen Kushner, anything edited by Terri Windling and Ellen Daltlow, actually a list of authors would be easier, Brian & Wendy Froud, Ari Berk, Juliet Marillier, Joseph Campbell, Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunter series, Charles DeLint, Brothers Grimm (unedited), Jane Yolen, Alice Hoffman, Neil Gaiman, Tolkein, Carol Goodman, Katharine Briggs, Catherynne M. Valente, Julia Cameron
Poetry by Emily Dickinson, W.B. Yeats, Sylvia Plath, Terri Windling, Neil Gaiman, Jeanine Hall Gailey, Billy Corgan, Peg Aloi, Louise Gluck, Sharon St. Joan, Susan Schaeffer, Thomas Zimmerman, Craig Arnold
Likes:
Open-minded people, pets, wildlife, being out in Nature, poetry, mythology, folklore, archaeology, chocolate chip cookies, the changing of the seasons
Hobbies:
Drum circles, drumming, Rennfaires, traveling, astrology, gourd crafts, gardening, writing poetry
Vices:
Moi?
Virtues:
I'm a good listener, and I keep secrets (So I get to hear a lot of interesting stuff)
Heroes:
My parents who adopted me (little did they know they were getting a changeling child), and all the wonderful people who work for Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah
Cyrano De Bergerac
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Inspired by Sunshine & Blue Skies
Thursday, March 4, 2010, 09:46 AM EST
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Tiny poems in celebration of the coming Spring:
lovely morning greeting the morning clamorous choir of finches first blue sky in days
contrast icicles trickle a frozen puddle below sunlight and shade
good morning a different voice I don't recognize you cheerful bird
anticipation pungent scent of mud the epitome of Spring mother earth waking
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Eidolon
Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 10:07 PM EST
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In the hedges are souls; one is mine. I know it not. I move forward in the moonlight Take to wing, all below is forgotten
Every joy from now on will be measured against the delight of this night
The hawthorns whisper, “She is away… …is away…” Their voices echo like the farthest chimes carried on the breeze
Beyond the border of starlight, devoured by darkness,
I pause for an instant. I fly on.
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A Magical Faery Door
Friday, January 15, 2010, 08:58 AM EST
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These are a couple of my mom's gnome friends enjoying the new faery door I bought for them as a holiday gift. It's a magical door made by Sean the Gnome at Wee Folk Outfitters. It is absolutely beautiful and remarkably crafted. (As you know, gnomes are expert crafters.) The door is hanging in my mom's kitchen, and the gnomes have been busy inviting all their faery friends in to have a look. Although some of Mom's kitchen utensils have been mysteriously misplaced since the installation of the faery door, there have also been random plates full of yummy cookies appearing on the counter overnight ;) Not a bad trade-off I would say, so I am off to order my own faery door for my wee friends!
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Dreams of Ever Spring
Thursday, January 7, 2010, 09:31 AM EST
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The following poem was inspired by Fleas' videos of his own magical poetry transformed into equally enchanting music. If you haven't already, visit his video page at Root Deity Poems. (I'm sorry, I'm so hopeless at getting links to work.)
Dreams of Ever Spring Half a moon cycle past Winter's longest night Across the sleeping, frozen land Music fair and bright
Aphrodite's minstrel Awaken me to bliss Flowing spiral melodies of waterfall caress
Encharmed by Otherworldly song I dance away the morn Through sunlight sparkled meadows, scented flowers adorn
Conjured by a mortal who steps from Faery dream and sweetly sings remembrances Of realms of in-between
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New Friends
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A great many thanks Ailynari for your lovely comment. |
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Thanks so much for checking my profile for me. Yep, it's working now. |
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you are so cool! in may we have the renaissance fair in muskogee . merle haggard for the old song says. the fair is held in a place called the castle. it is a castle for sure ! ill get some pixs and send it out. you ever get to ne oklahoma you get an honorary ride in 218. we will listen to some blue oyster cult and some floyd. peace m |
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hi aily, yes the brick street is in chelsea,ok. that is the town closest to thecoal mine that i work for. the street is around a hundred years old . main streets in oklahoma where like that but have been replaced. i can remember my dear and sweet mama puting me in the front basket of her bicycle and riding me around in muskogee ok when i was very small. some 40 years later i go back to muskogee and look for these streets. i find them but the bricks have been replaced. while i am reminiscing, she also left me at rotary park in the late sixties with the college kids while she done her shopping. i can remember the turtle neck sweaters and the paisley clothes from then. and also yes to the mountains. they are the awesome ozark mountains in arkansas on hiway 412 that i drive home from 2 to 3 times a week. thank you for letting me remember a simpler time when i was a child!!!!! mark |
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Thank you for your kindly message Ailynari, he was indeed quite a character and always believable when he would answer the phone with 'Hello, Battersea Dogs Home.' As he ran a pub for many years I'm sure this left more than just the odd one ot two people calling very bemused to say the least, and even I had to think twice despite knowing it was him. |
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Thanks Ailynari! I was working on something new over the weekend...but it was a flop! Such are the risks of creative endeavor, eh? Back to the drawing board. Tod |
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hey thanx for the link to hot tuna. i know jorma and jack from the airplane. your musical knowledge is second to none ailynari! many thanks ,m mark |
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Thank you for your nice comments. I really enjoy browsing your place and discovering all the beautiful things you show us. |
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Absolutely wonderful! Basho would instantly recognize a comrade in you, Ailynari! The poem entitled "good morning" is an sparkling gem; a perfect masterpiece in my estimation. Honestly...I believe Issa himself would be proud to be the author of that haiku! Cheers!
Tod03:46 PM EST