Veganism/animals rights and welfare; social and environmental responsibility and justice; writing and literature; music (preferably live); visual arts; eastern spirituality and philosophy (esp. Buddhism, Sufism and other non-dualistic perspectives on life); early 20th century Arts and Crafts movement (bungalow/mission style)and the Prairie style of architecture/design; mehndi, the art of henna (see photos of my work posted here); middle eastern "bellydance"; yoga; spinning (of the the stationary bicycle variety)
Music
The following is a by-no-means-comprehensive, random list of loves in no special order: The Beatles, Radiohead, Cowboy Junkies, Seven Nations, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Natacha Atlas, Billy Bragg, Kool and the Gang, Del Amitri, Ani Difranco, U2, Jeff Buckley, Hothouse Flowers, Seth Bernard, Daisy May, Chicago Afrobeat Project, Young Dubliners, Bob Marley, The Pogues, Frederic Chopin, The Pretenders, Damien Rice, Marvin Gaye, Clumsy Lovers, Ben Harper, Van Morrison, Sade, Quagmyre, Lenny Kravitz, W.A. Mozart, Simon and Garfunkel, Thievery Corporation, Scythian, The Police, Pete Yorn, The Ragbirds, The Smiths, Niyaz, Natalie Merchant, Root Doctor, Sting, Enter the Haggis, Minibar, The Church
Ah, books (stars in my eyes...). This is not even close to an exhaustive list: Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude, Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin, William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury, Alice Walker's The Temple of My Familiar, Daniel Quinn's Ishmael, E. Annie Proulx's The Shipping News, Shel Silverstein's Where the Sidewalk Ends, Barbara Kingsolver's Small Wonder; poetry by Mary Oliver, Wendell Berry, Li-Young Lee, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Maya Angelou, W.H. Auden, Sylvia Plath, Rumi, Gary Snyder (and a plethora of other poets!); cookbooks by Sarah Kramer
Heroes
Inspiring individuals: Marija and Uldis (the 'rents); vecmama Leokadija (my late grandma); Jason Britton; Mary Alice Williams; the Buddha; Farm Sanctuary and all my people in AR; Walt Whitman; Seth Bernard, May Erlewine and all that is Earthwork Music; Alice Walker; Dennis Kucinich; Vandana Shiva; the great gray owl; Frank Lloyd Wright (though reputedly an egomaniacal prick)
Anna's Details
Status:
Single
Zodiac Sign:
Gemini
Anna "will not walk away and leave these bones to an old woman." -Lucille Clifton Posted at 1:26 AM Nov 14, 2008 view more
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Be sure to check out the calendar for complete info on henna events! NOW AVAILABLE FOR HENNA BY PRIVATE APPOINTMENT AT THE MAYNE STUDIO! Message me for details...
HELLO?! When will I ever see you again? Tyler is getting BIGGER! :D He's already like 6 1/2 months! And I heard you have a new place of your own! MISS YOU!!
Hope you are SURVIVING these crazy economic times! Enjoy our new video "Whiskey Tonight" and stop by our site for a FREE download of the new song. Yes, something for FREE. Cheers!
It is evident that in the first eighteen verses Rumi has tried to give us eighteen steps that lead to salvation or unification with God. In order to facilitate the divisions of the following chapters, these steps have been reduced to nine. This will enable us to simplify partially the "peculiar" looseness in the association of ideas of the Masnevi (as put by Jan Rypka, p.241). Rumi brought in parables and tales that may or may not relate to the theme of his Masnevi to attract the attention of his reader. These parables have been excluded from this book to save time. Moreover, they do not need explanation. Their exclusion from the text may result in certain monotony, although the verses selected here cover extracts from them, too.
The Steps:
1. The state of an immature man (a materialistic man).
2. The awakening (searching for daily bread or spiritual food).
3. The desire and quest (feeling of separation from the Origin like that of the Ney).
4. Indifference to worldly riches (Majnun's submission).
Hey you! I don't want to stay far from you so I figured I better keep in touch. It's going to be warm soon and I want henna on my chest, shoulders and back this summer so get some ideas!!(smile)
I dreamt that Robin won a lot of money on a scratch off ticket and was buying a churh parking lot to build a "viking" pool. I woke up wondering what a viking pool is.
Hope your New Year is off to a good start! I've been sick and so has my computer. But we are both up and running again! Hope to get out to some shows soon. I need a girls night
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Love the new pics Anna. I wanna hang out with you. I'm going down to the Y to get tight for the summer but I think Imma need some henna soon! Hope to see you down there - D
The henna turned out great! I did end up handling some industrial solvents at work the following Monday, which didn't help it's longevity, but that's OK, because it just means I have to get henna done more often! :) I'll definitely be at the next hafla. Thanks again!
LOL yes, I’m incessantly talkative/texty in the wee hours of the morning as you guys well know by now! Also, Taco Tuesday attendance is not predicated upon one’s carnivoracity…it is an all encompassing affair! I go under the assumption that you’re invited by proxy via “The Jamie”…however, this Tuesday I’m in Hot-lanta and next Tuesday I’m entertaining a client from Australia…hence my Saturday night suggestion. Either way, we’ll figure it out. The mad-texter will surface again when you least expect it! LOL!
