..Sail forth - steer for the deep waters only, Reckless O soul, exploring... For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go, And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all. Walt Whitman..
Female
55 years old
The Grove by the sea, New Jersey
United States
"Leaving Reality Barefoot" (photo by B. Brennan) Giver of life (Painting C1996 by Mark Henson) Most of all I am a nature lover and environmental issues concern me (my past work with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and The Raptor Trust in the Great Swamp has heightened my awareness of conflicts between man and his environment). A loon at the rehab center, Lonesome George, Galapagos Islands
(photo by B. Brennan),
I love going to galleries
and the impressionists, Picasso, VanGogh, the work's of George Segal, (Depression Bread Line, 1999 by George Segal) Frank Lloyd Wright, and photography (especially infrared).
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Copy and paste this address to your browser
(http://www.willcall.org/asbury.htm)to see these above images coupled to excerpts from passages in Alex Austin's novel "The Red Album of Asbury Park!
(See books for more information on this great Jersey Shore novel!!!!!!!)
More pictures by Bobby The Jersey Shore
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I'm revived at a beach sanctuary,
(photo by B.Brennan)
or in the woods.
(photos by Bobby)
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I love spicy foods, ancient vine wines,
(photo by B.Brennan)
dancing on roller skates, running, and hiking for exercise, (though my 'secret' is I'd love to be a drummer!!
It would be a great way to exercise and release the stress of my main job (working in a Laboratory) which rated higher than air traffic controllers for that...no kidding), antiques (especially oak), anything cotton, wood floors, dexterity and jigsaw puzzles,orchids,
(photo taken at one of my favorite local grower's greenhouse,)
Pavlov's Dogs,
"Music is at its best when it brings things to light, illuminates us, sheds light on our lingering darkness... Even more so when it casts light into the heart of our darkness inviting us to see"
... Jim Kerr The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ
(photo by B. Brennan)
The Saint in Asbury Park, NJ
(photo by B.Brennan)
Beatles,
(seen shaking hands with Prince Phillip, 1964)
(Abandoned Luncheonette, Photo by B.Brennan)
Made famous by Hall and Oats in 1973 on their album entitled the same,
Peter Gabriel, Steve Vai, Jeff Beck, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam, Tears for Fears, Procol Harum, Joni Mitchell, Tori Amos, Donovan, Blind Faith,
Duncan Sheik
(Duncan and I at the NorthStar in Philadelphia, PA),
t.h.e Modfather for a "modgical" time!,
At Asbury Lanes, NJ with the Love Me Nots (photo by J.Clark),
(Photo by Bobby)
Anita Ferrer, our very own Asbury Park AngelAsbury Park Angel, Anita Ferrer and I (Photo by J. Clark) Contemporary Christian SingersRAPHAEL and ALY
(www.raphaelmusic.com)
(Photo by J.Clark),
(Watch this interview/video of their beautiful songs) Memoirs by Anton Roolaart Michael Hedges, Pat Metheny,Jeff Beck,
Joe Cocker,
Musicians Harry Bigelow (Dancing Dog Muse) and Jesse Clark,Circa,
Paul Marino Band,Supernatural,
Thomas Newman, Seal, Sting, Simple Minds, Eric Johnson, Tonic, World Party, Oasis, Crowded House, Lenny Kravitz, Verve Pipe, Moke, RUSH, YES, Allan Holdsworth, Larry Carlton, Michael Hedges, Mike Stern, Stephan Grapelli, David Grisman, Stravinsky, Michael Nyman,
Bo Bice,
David Bowie, Jim Kerr (Simple Minds),
Jean Luc Ponty, Django Reinhardt, Bothy Band,
Planxty, The Chieftans, The Boys of the Lough, and the list goes on with no rhyme or reason. What moves me, moves me; but I could live without Rap! I'm no country bumpkin either (been there, tried it for a while) but Celtic and Bluegrass music is incredible (though I can play the basics on guitar, my fingers don't move that fast to have a musician's profile instead)!
Movies
Girl with a Pearl Earring, Under the Tuscan Sun,
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Out on a Limb, The Piano, Must Love Dogs, Deja Vu, Life As a House, The Terminal, Das Boot, Mrs. Brown, Somewhere in Time, A Beautiful Mind, Forever Young, The Gods Must Be Crazy, West Side Story, Promised Land, Kate and Leopold, Big, Chocolat, Secondhand Lions, Amadeus, The Birds, To Kill a Mockingbird, Master and Commander, What tHe BLeeP Do wE (k)now!?,
The Guardian
Serendipity Tim,
(Superstar Mel Gibson gives a sensitive performance as Tim, a mentally retarded young man who falls in love with an attractive business-woman in her mid 40's. This is more than a May-September love story -- it's a study of human frailty, courage and devotion. The suberb cast includes co-star Piper Laurie as well as Awyn Kurts and Pat Evison as Tim's parents).
Television
Though I'm not an avid viewer, the Discovery Channel has shows of particular interest to me. I have also enjoyed the Quantum Leap series. When it comes to todays news, I prefer to hear it on the radio, but for a needed laugh, some of the old movies, Red Skelton, Monty Python, Topper, Hogan's Heros, Mr. Ed, Johnny Carson, Zacherley,
I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners,
(The Honeymooners "Young at Heart", 1956)
my latest love, Mr. Monk, and most of all, MASH, always does the trick!
The results of this quiz even surprised me!!
Which Sex and the City player am I?...
Books
Mutant Message Down Under, Aesop's Fables, Into The Wild,
Into Thin Air, The Tiny Book of Tiny Houses, A Dog's Book of Truths, The Red Album of Asbury Park by Alex Austin: The Red Album of Asbury Park/Synopsis
It's the late Sixties, the Beatles intact, Jimi Hendrix exploding and the Doors demanding the world. And on the East Coast, Asbury Park, New Jersey, will become the epicenter of a new brand of rock and roll.
But as The Red Album of Asbury Park unfolds, a boardwalk Liverpool lies in the future. Racial tensions, escalating crime and a fading reputation as a first-class resort have shaken the City by the Sea. Asbury is at tipping point.
Against the backdrop of a fabled town in trouble, 22-year-old musician Sam Nesbitt, who escaped a corrupt and dead-end life in The Perfume Factory, struggles to rid himself of his personal demons, past and present, as he pursues a rock ‘n’ roll dream.
The Red Album of Asbury Parkcan be purchased online at Virtual Bookworm, BarnesandNobles.com, and Amazon.com
Shadow Divers (Ridley Scott ("Kingdom of Heaven") has signed on to bring Robert Kurson's novel "Shadow Divers" to the big screen (though not in the near future). Plot Outline: Two wreck divers discover the hull of a German U-boat off the coast of New Jersey and spend the next seven years of their lives searching for the truth behind the ship and men who died inside it. Having dove with and painfully waited for the safe return of those who risked their lives on this adventure, I can only say that wreck-diving is not a "sport" to be undertaken without great discipline, and strength of body and mind. Every soldier of the sea has his or her own battle and if you lose, well, there is no room for error! This heroic true story will educate and shock you as the divers risk everything to solve one of the last mysteries of WWII!).
Shadow Divers Ritchie Kohler and John Chatterton
Heroes
"That we mattered to you as you mattered to us."
"Shadow Divers" (Doug, John, Kevin, Ritchie)
St. Francis,
(copy and paste this link to hear Sarah MacLachlan sing "The Prayer of Saint Francis"):
http://jeremy.zawodny.com/mp3/graveprayerstfrancis.mp3
Jane Goodall (1934 - ) She is the English primatologist, ethologist and anthropologist, probably best-known for conducting a forty-year study of chimpanzee social and family life, as director of the Jane Goodall Institute in Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania,
Dian Fossey (1932-1985),
My Dad,
(My inspiration and best friend. Thank you for showing me the beauty of nature that surrounds us!)
This song by Tori Amos is for you -- Winter (visit site)
Download from iTunes
http://home.moravian.edu/students/p/stmnp04/X.mp3
Mr. Rogers,St. Jude,
(Pray for us most holy apostle, and I gratefully encourage devotion to you for the favors I have received for help where help was almost despaired of!)
Steve Irwin (from Steve Irwin's father, "don't cry for Steve, cry for the animals..."),
Shirley MacLaine,
My dog Jimi,
Playing with sticks by the "Rainbow Bridge" (see my blog)
(Photo by B.Brennan)
ELWOOD the Great Dane
Thankyou Elwood for lighting up our lives!
(Photo property of the Mid-Atlantic GREAT DANE Rescue League)
Must love dogs, cats, birds (the animal kingdom) to get along with me. Compassion for animals is necessary for you and I to relate!
"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." (Albert Einstein)
"Nothing will benefit health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as the evolution to a vegetarian diet."
(Albert Einstein)
"If we are not in harmony with ourselves, how can we possibly be in harmony with anyone else, much less the world that we inhabit?"(Shirley Maclaine) "I Love Animals...all animals"
(PROVERBS 12:10) Robin Williams and Koko have a shared mission:
to save the great apes. The Gorilla Foundation's mission to save great apes has been endorsed by a number of well-known people and organizations including:
• Robin Williams (MAP honorary co-chair)
• Sting (MAP honorary co-chair)
• Diane Fossey Gorilla Fund Europe
• Orangutan Foundation International
• Roger Fouts (author of "Next of Kin")
• Amory Lovins (CEO, RMI.org)
• Betty White, Gloria Steinem, Helen Reddy
• Peter Gabriel, Tippi Hedren, Whoopi Goldberg
• Michael Crichton, Martina Navratilova, . . .
I'd prefer foggy mornings by the ocean, hot summer days, and being in a cathedral of woods (just not tick season) to most anything else. I love the sound of silence and music that moves me and sets the pace for running. I usually only tolerate loud music if I'm trying to stay awake driving, or at concerts where you inevitably need to wear earplugs if you want to keep your hearing! I prefer to eat vegetarian, enjoy candle light, massage, and clean fingernails. Body language is the key to romance!
I come from a small family and believe in respect for my elders. I don't smoke or think belching and "passing wind" for a laugh is funny (sorry, not a Howard Stern fan)! NOT a football fan either (soccer's OK my UK friends)!
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." (Emerson)
Asbury Park
Photos by B.Brennan
(The Deep Blue Sea with Jim Kerr and Mir)
Who I'd like to meet: Those not afraid to wear their hair a little longer!
-"Mother Teresa marked the history of our century with courage. She served all human beings by promoting their dignity and respect, and made those who had been defeated by life feel the tenderness of God."
- Pope John Paul II
"Leaving Reality Barefoot"
Giver of life
A loon at the rehab center,
Lonesome George, Galapagos Islands
(Depression Bread Line, 1999 by George Segal)
(photo by B.Brennan)
(though my 'secret' is I'd love to be a drummer!!
It would be a great way to exercise and release the stress of my main job (working in a Laboratory) which rated higher than air traffic controllers for that...no kidding),
(photo taken at one of my favorite local grower's greenhouse,)
Jacques Cousteau,
manatees,
the Galapagos Islands, Ireland, Hawaii,
The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ
(photo by B. Brennan)
The Saint in Asbury Park, NJ
(photo by B.Brennan)
Beatles,
(seen shaking hands with Prince Phillip, 1964)
(Abandoned Luncheonette, Photo by B.Brennan)
Duncan Sheik
(Duncan and I at the NorthStar in Philadelphia, PA),
t.h.e Modfather
At Asbury Lanes, NJ with the Love Me Nots
(Photo by Bobby)
Anita Ferrer, our very own Asbury Park Angel
Asbury Park Angel, Anita Ferrer and I
Contemporary Christian Singers
RAPHAEL and ALY
(www.raphaelmusic.com)
Memoirs by Anton Roolaart
Pat Metheny,
Jeff Beck,
Joe Cocker,
Musicians Harry Bigelow (Dancing Dog Muse) and Jesse Clark,
Circa,
Paul Marino Band,
Supernatural,
(Superstar Mel Gibson gives a sensitive performance as Tim, a mentally retarded young man who falls in love with an attractive business-woman in her mid 40's. This is more than a May-September love story -- it's a study of human frailty, courage and devotion. The suberb cast includes co-star Piper Laurie as well as Awyn Kurts and Pat Evison as Tim's parents).
Though I'm not an avid viewer, the Discovery Channel has shows of particular interest to me. I have also enjoyed the Quantum Leap series. When it comes to todays news, I prefer to hear it on the radio, but for a needed laugh, some of the old movies, Red Skelton, Monty Python, Topper, Hogan's Heros, 
(The Honeymooners "Young at Heart", 1956)
Into Thin Air, The Tiny Book of Tiny Houses, A Dog's Book of Truths, The Red Album of Asbury Park by Alex Austin: 
Shadow Divers (Ridley Scott ("Kingdom of Heaven") has signed on to bring Robert Kurson's novel "Shadow Divers" to the big screen (though not in the near future). Plot Outline: Two wreck divers discover the hull of a German U-boat off the coast of New Jersey and spend the next seven years of their lives searching for the truth behind the ship and men who died inside it. Having dove with and painfully waited for the safe return of those who risked their lives on this adventure, I can only say that wreck-diving is not a "sport" to be undertaken without great discipline, and strength of body and mind. Every soldier of the sea has his or her own battle and if you lose, well, there is no room for error! This heroic true story will educate and shock you as the divers risk everything to solve one of the last mysteries of WWII!).
Shadow Divers Ritchie Kohler and John Chatterton
"That we mattered to you as you mattered to us."
"Shadow Divers" (Doug, John, Kevin, Ritchie)
Jane Goodall (1934 - ) She is the English primatologist, ethologist and anthropologist, probably best-known for conducting a forty-year study of chimpanzee social and family life, as director of the Jane Goodall Institute in Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania,
Dian Fossey (1932-1985),
My Dad,
(My inspiration and best friend. Thank you for showing me the beauty of nature that surrounds us!)
This song by Tori Amos is for you -- Winter (visit site)
Download from iTunes
http://home.moravian.edu/students/p/stmnp04/X.mp3
Mr. Rogers,
St. Jude,
(Pray for us most holy apostle, and I gratefully encourage devotion to you for the favors I have received for help where help was almost despaired of!)
Steve Irwin (from Steve Irwin's father, "don't cry for Steve, cry for the animals..."),
Shirley MacLaine,
Playing with sticks by the "Rainbow Bridge" (see my blog)
(Photo by B.Brennan)
ELWOOD the Great Dane
Thankyou Elwood for lighting up our lives!
(Photo property of the Mid-Atlantic GREAT DANE Rescue League)
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-"Mother Teresa marked the history of our century with courage. She served all human beings by promoting their dignity and respect, and made those who had been defeated by life feel the tenderness of God."
- Pope John Paul II
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