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What you can call me: Cali

Where I live: Um, California??

What I “do”: Registered Nurse, working fulltime in Home Health

My dream: To visit Italy, Spain, France, Egypt, and the Mediterranean

My favorite book: Right now? “To Kill a Mockingbird”

My favorite pastime: Writing poetry, short stories and letters

A favorite quote: “I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.” Audrey Hepburn

My message to you: Write what you know, write what you feel, write from your heart, and write what you need to say, not what others need to hear. Just write!

Welcome All! I'm glad you're here!

Cali

What you can call me: Arcade (or Bob) Arcade comes from my initials - RK - hence, what I do has been RKd.

Where I live: Some would characterize it as "Podunk". At over 100K population, I'm not so sure Podunk is so accurate. However, I don't have an alternative other than it's actual name. It's located in central California tho.

What I “do”: Nothing that generates income.

My dream: Like alot of us here. Gain some notoriety for some writing of mine!

My favorite book: Webster's Unabridged

My favorite pastime: Not sure anymore

A favorite quote: "Nothing's ever easy."

What can you call me? Almost anything. Mok, Mark, Marky-poo, Poo, Captain Poo, Goober. I'm easy.
I live in Sultan, Washington, on the other side of the tracks, in a luxurious single wide trailer with my dog Jake and my roomie, Rob. Mostly me and Jake now, since Rob found himself a girl.

I work in Health Services in a large institution for adult men. After that I work in the yard, on the boat, on the cars, on the projects. In the winter time I likes to spin yarns. That's stories. I leave the knittin' to the ladies.

My dream? To sail over to Port Townsend while my parents are still alive some summer when the family's all there, and stealthily row to shore, walk up the hill to Mom 'n' Dads house. When someone says, "How did you get here Mark, I didn't hear you come in," point to the wooden double-ender in the lagoon.

My favorite book? At this time, I would say, that sea-going update of the New Testament, Billy Budd, it always brings a tear to me good eye. Not me wood eye, me good eye, Bob. Bob's me parrot, but don't tell him, he thinks I'm his perch and pet pirate. It's easier that way, he get contrary when he feels slighted and has a nasty bite.

Favorite pastime? Um, er, well, I can't say, Cali will delete me. She's the boss.

Favorite quote? "Aaaaarh, put yer back into it, look lively or I'll have ye keel-hauled you dog!" Always wanted to say that and mean it. Good thing they don't let me be captain.

What you can call me: Pat

Where I live: Las Cruces, NM

What I “do”: I am retired

My dream: Is to ride in a blimp over a major football game.

My favorite book: The Bible

My favorite pastime: Doing Computer art

A favorite quote: Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country. JFK

My message to you: I would ask you to be honest with people no matter where you find them.

Call me Jane.
I live in the hills a few miles from Montego Bay, Jamaica.
I potter and I garden and I write. Have given up teaching after 43 years.
My dream is to publish my new collection of poetry and to have more of my plays produced. And to find a good man to share my life!
My favourite book is usually whichever one I am reading. Mocking Bird, Lord of the Flies, Sophie's Choice are always high up on the list.
My favourite pastime is swimming and basking in the sun on my favourite beach in all the world.
My favourite quotation is from my grandmother - 'Be a little kinder than is necessary'.
A message to you - grow old gracefully and never give up on life and love.

What you can call me: Sherri

Where I live: In Northern California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountain foothills

What I “do”: A full time care-giver to a handicapped sibling. Left the medical field after 36 years- 23 in acute care, 14 managing a large medical practice.

My dream: I would love to see Tuscany in late summer and visit the Highlands of Scotland where my ancestors came from

My favorite book:The one I'm reading at the moment. "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom, "Christine" by Stephen King, "Myself Among Others", autobiography of Ruth Gordon

My favorite pastime: I write; prose more than poetry, non-fiction more than fiction
A favorite quote: "We are what we repeatedly do- Excellence, therefore is not an act- but a habit" Aristotle ~ "Per Ardua, ad Astra" "Through difficulties, to the stars" Old Scottish saying

My message to you:
Work at finding the right thing to do- and do it, regardless if anyone is watching, or knows what you did. Always give way more than you take. Write the words your heart speaks to your head.

Welcome- come on in and write a spell.

What you can call me: Florence
Where I live: Florida
What I "do": Yoga
My Dream: Find him
My favorite book: Pride and Prejudice
A favorite quote: it is what it is
My message to You: Welcome and have fun on this site.

To all of you who are regulars and the new friends:
Come aboard...fun site....and it will bring out your "inner" self.

What you can call me: Gene, Gene K, Gee, GK, LadyGene
Where I live: Arizona
What do I do: Write poetry, articles, essays, books, paint, attend meetings, photograph, watch TV, push books, read
My Dream: I don't know that I have one
My favorite book: Still Alice
A favorite quote: "To thine own self be true," by Will Shakespeare
My message to You: Welcome! This is a great site.

What you can call me--Zoe, Zochitl. Charlie, whatever.

Where I live: In two countries. Of course I yearn for the US but have been locked into another for the time being.

My Dream: I have too many and it's so hard for me to choose.

My favorite book: Jonathan Livingdston Seagull and The Wizard of Oz-others that are too many for here.

Me favorite quotes: "Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses."
Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule."
"To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult."

And my message to you is. Before you say somwething to someone else, twirl your tongue seven times inside your mouth. It helps to think first. Love life, and be happy.

You can call me Ron or Moroccanron.
I live in Worcester,MA.
I dream about getting married and my writings published someday(Not necessarily in that order). I also dream of finding world peace, ending war, feeding the hungry and the Red Sox, Celtics and Patriots winning their titles.
I have no favorite book. I read anything I can get my hands on.
My favorite quote is "No good deed goes unpublished" and also "When in doubt, fake it!"
My message to you is never give up your dreams and always have money in your pocket to have a cup of coffee. Always smile. And embrace each as a new friend. Then make as many friends as possible.