Female |
August 31 |
Colorado, USA |
I am the person your mother warned you about. |
Essayist and sometimes a poem. |
More verbose than I want to admit. |
Civil War, Genetics, wildlife rehabbing, Violin, spinning wool and silk, art, fly fishing, and nature. Languages: basic German, six years of HS and college French, Latin, a couple dialects of Ancient Greek dialects. Currently learning Spanish. |
Essays and solid poetry (as a writer.) I love reading good essays, blogs and poetry. |
To Kill a Mockingbird, Gilead, The Sparrow, Bless Me Ultima, Death Comes For The Archbishop, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Greek Lyrical Poetry, The Sacred And The Profane, The Little Prince, Terre Des Hommes, Blue Horses. |
Pat Barker, Marilyn Robinson, Mary Doria Russel, Willa Cather, Nell Harper Lee, Mercia Eliade, Piere Teillard de Chardin, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Annie Lamott, Annie Dillard, Richard Temple. |
RM Rilke, TS Elliott, Dylan Thomas, Alcman (ancient Greek lyrical poet.) On Site, my favorite two poets are Cappucine and Miblu. |
"It is not necessary to believe in God to be a good person. In a way, the traditional notion of God is outdated ... Some of the best people in history did not believe in God, while some of the worst deads were done in his name - Pope Francis |
Any liturgical Rachmaninoff, any classical strings except Mahler (eww.) Modern: 10,000 maniacs, 60s & 70s protest music, Dixie Chicks (on principle!) Springsteen, Eric Clapton, |
Into Great Silence, King's Speech, Serenity (and Firefly,) Cranford series, To Kill a Mockingbird, Casablana, Dr Horrible's Singa-a-long Blog. Guardians of the Galaxy. |
In Plain Sight, the new Sherlock series from the BBC, Firefly, Red v Blue. The Guild (online.) Person of Interest. |