crestofwaves' profile

The basic US and Caribbean tourist sites.

Woman, mother, wife, teacher, friend, reader, eternal learner, animal lover, eater/exercizer, doer.

I am  trapped in the body of a middle class suburbanite but I wanna be a biker chick.  I wanna die my hair red, snap a match and hang a butt and fly over the open road!!!!  Instead I have a couple of pets around who act spontaneously and from instinct so that I can enjoy freedom vicariously.  And I read a lot about the transcendent "spirit."..so life is good. 

When I grow up, I want to be a singer, I want to belt out a tune from the bottom of my heart!  Maybe an opera singer. Or a rock star.  Or the next Patsy Cline.

I saw this quote on someone else's profile and remembered how much I loved it, so here it is and thank you to whomever had it posted first.

The only people for me are the mad ones, the  ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes, "AWWWW!"

                                     --Jack Kerouac

Reading, dancing, road tripping, bowling, meddling (LOL)

St. Judes, Orphaned Pets, Goodwill Mission

In order: Hippie music, country, classic rock, classical, R&B, blues, smooth jazz, ethnic

A Tale of Two Cities (I loved that wastrel Sidney Carton. It started me on the bumpy road of bad boys) Sophie's Choice ( The most heartbreaking book about a mother ever written.) Slaughterhouse- Five (a surprisingly poignant yet eccentric anti-war story centered around one of America's biggest military bad judgments, the fire bombing of Dresden.)

Anything by Walt Whitman. Also: ...said the squirrel to the mountain, "Talents differ. All is well and wisely put. Though you can carry mountains on your back, I can crack a nut..." Emerson

My Dad, now deceased; my Mom, 94 years old, both fair, tolerant, optimistic people with joie de vivre; my brother, the nicest guy in the world; my husband ( I'm married for the second time), a pure Valium ( Because of him, I don't need to take any! P.S.--he's a much reformed bad boy); Sidney Poitier for his eternal classiness.

Brooks, lakes, rivers, the ocean, mountains, trees...

My dogs: Louie, a 11 year old labradoodle, Trixie, a four year old God knows what--both rescued. Angelina, my 16 year old cat.