crestofwaves
crestofwaves There was one who loved the pilgrim soul in you...~~Yeats
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Female - Eons member since July 12, 2007
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- Paterson, New Jersey
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The basic US and Caribbean tourist sites.
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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
"It don't mean nothing; drive on."
~~Mantra of servicemen in the Vietnam war.
Stephen Crane
In the Desert
In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And ate of it.
I said, "Is it good, friend?"
"It is bitter – bitter", he answered,
"But I like it
Because it is bitter,
And because it is my heart." - Activities
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- Favorite Books
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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.)
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- Favorite People
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My Dad, now deceased; my Mom, 97 also deceased, 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.
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- Favorite Animals
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Since I joined Eons, I lost my cat, Angelina, then I lost my most beloved dog Louie. If an animal can be a soul mate, he was. So, I still have Trixie, a brindle God knows what and a new cat, Miss Pickles. Dogs, dogs, dogs, with their helping us to learn about love, with their huge capacity for love are my favorite animals.
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Kris is like a poem. Look at him!
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