crestofwaves' profile

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Relationship

Married

Hometown

Paterson, New Jersey

Places I've been

The basic US and Caribbean tourist sites.

Education

• , Literature, Speech Arts, Education - 1970 to 1974

More about me

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

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

Favorite Charities

St. Judes, Orphaned Pets, Goodwill Mission

Favorite Music

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

Favorite TV Shows

Globe Trekker, Doc Martin, Chopped

Favorite Movies

The old Wuthering Heights (Merle Oberon/Lawrence Olivier)

Favorite Books

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.)

Favorite Quotes

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

Favorite People

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.

Favorite Places

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

Favorite Animals

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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