Writing, reading, movies, theatre, music, art, walking the dog (when I had one) and spending time with a few very special people.
Music
Anything and everything, just about. It depends what mood I'm in. I like Rock 'n' Roll, especially Buddy Holly. I love Darren Hayes and Miriam Stockley's work and voices. I love Beethoven's Fur Elise for Piano and Bach's Toccata and Fugue for the organ. I love Bryan Adams. Honestly though, I love a wide range of music the same way I love a wide range of books.
Movies
All sorts. I love fantasy, sci-fi, action movies, and some romances especially if they're comedy romances. I tend to like unusual things. To list them would be incredibly difficult but to name just a few I have to mention The Legend of 1900, The Princess Bride, Underworld, Harvey, Mirrormask, The Fisher King, I Capture the Castle, Dream a Little Dream and yet this still doesn't give the scope of the range of movies that I love.
Television
Series. I like series. I've bought most of the ones I loved, which include Firefly, Quantum Leap, Due South, I-Man, Brisco County, American Gothic, among many, many others. I like House, and Grey's Anatomy. Good sci-fi or fantasy, drama or a good comedy.
Books
It would be easier to ask who I don't like. I have very eclectic tastes but books I wish I'd written include:
The Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake.
The Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne Bishop.
Wraeththu Trilogy by Storm Constantine.
Heroes
Most of my heroes are real people, real friends. If I mentioned them, I'd probably embarrass them. I love the work of Sam Raimi, Tim Burton, Neil Gaiman among others.
Which ArchAngel are you most like?
Rafael. You're most like the ArchAngel of Healing. You want people to shape up, and you nag. But you mean well, and you're well loved despite it. Or because of it. You bring the donuts even as you tell people to eat more veggies. Take this quiz!
Paper fluttering in a cold breeze
torn from a book.
The knife cutting into flesh and blood seeps
black as a raven
in a tree where no bird can ever sing.
A burning line of fire
blackens branches.
A woman's wailing is the only sound
her face unseen hidden in her stained hands
though the skin is obscene white.
In searing heat from the pit
of his stomach the red flame rose
burning up towards the throat
consuming the heart.
Love and anger at war
has scorched the earth.
The wind dies and nothing stirs.
(c) S.M.Bidwell 2003
A writer from the UK, Sharon had her first short story accepted by the second publication to which she offered it. This was entitled ‘Silver Apples of the Moon’ published by Roadworks Magazine. The editor quoted it as accepted due to having ‘both a Sci-fi and horror element, strong on characterisation, and quite literary, in terms of style’. Editor, Trevor Denyer, said that it was a story that ‘had me gripped from start to finish’ and as a result pronounced her as ‘a writer who is going places’. Since then, her work - poems, short stories and articles - have appeared steadily in print and online publications.
Previously, she has kept the erotic side of her writing separate. The genre appealed though as it allows her the freedom to create something more expressive, less oppressive. She firmly believes that having a chance at such ‘free reign’ occasionally reflects favourably in her work. It has always been a part of her personality in that she likes surprising and delighting people.
Subsequently, she has been approached on occasion to write articles such as reports and publicity material, though her focus will always be story telling. She links her most favoured and often most successful work closely to fantasy, though her writing crosses genres. She often thinks about moving but lives primarily in a world of her own.
aonia - where the muses live
http://www.sharonbidwell.co.uk
Who I'd like to meet: Readers and writers. People who love books no matter what their format. Readers who understand how it feels to be lost in another world and writers who know what it's like to create one.
I would have loved to have met Roddy McDowell who, alas, is no longer with us.
:) YOU BET I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT I'M NOT HAPPY with this STUPID WEATHER!!!!!! ") IT SUCKS ACTUALLY!!!!!! ") Last night, Bill had mentioned that he thought that MAYBE we should just stay home this weekend. NOW, I guess he's had second thoughts and he just mentioned that WE COULD go to the beach. WE'LL SEE if we go or NOT. Probably be a last minute decision. It's so NICE and TOASTY WARM in the kitchen here at home, and HMMMMM, do I WANT to go to the beach and FREEZE!!! Just sayin' ") HAVE A VERY BEAUTIFUL NIGHT SHARON!!!!! HUGSSS TO YOU, LOTSA LOVE TO YOU and God BLess Susie p.s. I DO LOVE THAT NEW BOOK COVER!!! :) :) :) :) :) LOVE Pink and Black together like that. :) :) :) :) :)
OH MY GOD SHARON, it was a BAD WEEK last week. Broke a bone in my foot, had an accident with my van, got SICK, and almost FROZE SOLID. YEP, I'm READY for some SUNSHINE!!!!! It's so WONDERFUL to hear from you Sharon. Hope the sun is shining on you too!!!!!!! :) :) :) :) My niece Dr. Jenny prescribed a zpac for me. Broad spectrum antibiotic. Two pills the first day and one a day for 5 days. I sure HOPE that it HELPS. My ribs are actually sore form COUGHING for crying out loud. ") I'll be honest with you, I was sick about 3 or 4 weeks ago, and I THINK that it's the same thing I had back then. LIKE STREP THROAT. I was on Amoxicillin then and I don't think it killed it. I've been going CONSTANTLY the past couple of weeks and I think it just knocked me on my BUTT finally. HATE BEING SICK in the SUMMER!!!!! I get stuff really easily because of the RSD. It affects my immune system somehow. Body has to deal with the pain all the time, and I think that lowers my immunity somewhat. OH WELL, Just another WEEK in Susie's life I guess. ") Bill was talking about not going to the beach this weekend at all. Just stay home and be done with it. Starting on the 3rd of July, we'll be there for two weeks straight anyway. And my friend Kathy is there for the whole summer. So, she will check my flowers for me down there if we don't go this weekend. IT'S POURING DOWN RAIN ANYWAY!!!! Do you KNOW, that it's been 62 degrees ALL DAY TODAY. GOD, I HATE THIS WEATHER!!!!! Bill and I were just talking about relighting the coal stove in the dining room. Just to get the dampness out of the house. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT'S THE MIDDLE OF JUNE!!!!!?????? I hope you have a WONDERFUL RELAXING AND WARMMMMMM EVENING SHARON!!! HUGSSS TO YOU, LOTSA LOVE TO YOU and God BLess Susie :) :) :) :)
You know WHAT, HE is almost as bad with his digital as I AM!!!!! WHO KNEW that there could be someone ELSE like ME!!!!!!!! :) :) :) :) :) :) :) THANKS SO MUCH SHARON. I was a little NUTZY over her hair. She only decided about 5 minutes before I was going to DO her hair, exactly HOW she WANTED IT. I had to SCRAMBLE to figure out how to get her THICK HAIR into a chignon, and to do that chignon up in something that DIDN'T exactly look like a CHIGNON. UGGHHHH!!! BUT I DID IT!!! :) Thanks so MUCH for taking a look at my photos Sharon. That makes my HEART SMILE!!!!!! :) :) :) :) :) HUGSSSS TO YOU, LOTSA LOTSA LOVE TO YOU and God BLess Susie :) :) :) :)
This IS my PEACEFUL PLACE at the beach. I'm so HAPPY that you picked THIS SHOT. I was trying to take a photo that showed how PEACEFUL that place is. THIS ONE, I think I finally GOT IT. :) :) :) :) :) Thank you SO MUCH SHARON!!!!!!! :)
I don't know how to even START to explain how MUCH I LOVE MY ROSES!!! It's like the love of a child. They are just so BEAUTIFUL and I LOVE the scent of them. The tactile softness of the petals. Everyone around here knows I baby them, and LOVE THEM. I've been caught more than once, with my face STUFFED into the petals of them, INHALING their BEAUTIFUL SMELL!!!! :)
OHHHHH, I was CRYING THERE. YEP. OHHHH< YES I WAS!!!!!! ") One of those,"MY ADAMS APPLE IS HAVING A CRAMP" kinda moments. YEP. ") I DON'T KNOWWWWWWW HOW SHE WEARS THOSE POINTE SHOES!!!!! OH MY GODDDDD SHARON. Like I said in my BLOG, I TRIED THEM ON, and almost BROKE MY BIG TOES. JEESH!!!!!!!!! They say you get used to it. NOT!!!!!!! ")
OH MY GOODNESS SHARON, I'm so GLAD YOU LIKED THIS PHOTO!!! I looked down into this flower, and it took my breath away. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!! I know that the stamen is out of focus, but I wanted the backround with the light coming through to stand out. AND IT DID!!! I LOVE PURPLE and against the white I LOVED IT!!!! :) :) :) :) :) :)
:) :) :) :) :) I'm so HAPPY YOU LIKE MY NEW COLOR SHARON!!!!! I'm a HOT RED HEAD NOW!!!! ") Well, maybe just a bit of a sizzle. :) THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
HI SHARON!!!! :) :) :) I LOVE LOVE LOVE WISTERIA!!! It's such a magical looking flower, isn't it?????? It's such a shame that they don't bloom all summer long. Just like the Lilacs, and all of the spring bulbs. I've tried in all of my flower beds, to have successive blooming. Mine starts in about Feb. with my Hellborus, or Lenten Rose, then it's the spring flowering bulbs, then my Vibernum bush, Lily of the Valley, Solomans Seal, and then the Iris and roses, and then the perennials start up. My Hostas are beautiful at this point already. Two weeks ago there wasn't much there as to the Hostas, but NOW, WOW, and I guess I'm gonna have to take MORE PHOTOS!!!! If you look at the album,"Spring HOPES ETERNAL", you can see ALOT of my flowers as well as other albums. I hope I give you some ideas, and I can't WAIT to see your flowerbeds AND THE POND!!!! :) :) :) :) HUGSSS TO YOU SHARON, LOTSA LOVE TO YOU and God BLess Susie :) :) :) :) :)
Good Morning Sharon. :) :) :) :) I was just outside in my POOFY JAMMIES, taking a couple photos of my garden out front of the house. My tulips are ALMOST ready to open. My Narcissis have JUST OPENED. I LOVE the SMELL OF THEM. :) :) :) I was also looking at my pond. Bill turned my fountain bubbler on over this past weekend, and I've GOT to go and get myself some FISH!!!! There's not ONE FISH in my pond anymore. Gotta FIX THAT!!!! ") Have a BEAUTIFUL SPRING DAY SHARON!!!! It's a BEAUTIFUL MORNING HERE TODAY. LOVE THAT!!!! HUGSS TO YOU, LOTSA LOVE TO YA, and God BLess Susie :) :) :) :) :)
I'm so anxious to get digging, but after hurting my ankle last week, that kinda killed THAT idea for a week or two. ") I bought seeds for the veggie garden and also some broccoli, cauliflour, cabbage and brussel sprout plants. Can't wait to get them into the GARDEN!!! It rained for the past couple of days, so I've got to let the ground dry out a bit before I plant my new baby plants. :) Have a WONDERFUL DAY SHARON!!!! HUGSSS, LOTSA LOVE TO YOU and God Bless Susie :) :) :) :) :)
THanks SHARON!!!! :) You know what I told Sarrah???? I told her that it looks like something from the book,"Sleep Hollow" ") Kinda spooky look to that area, don't ya think????? :) HUGSSS, LOTSA LOVE TO YOU and God BLess Susie :) :) :) :)
She was photographing the vines in this one. Do you have those kind of vines over in England????? People around her make those vines into really PRETTY walking sticks and they charge ALOT OF MONEY for them. OHHHH< YES THEY DO!!!! ") HUGSSS, LOTSA LOVE TO YOU and God BLess Susie :) :) :)
DO YOU KNOW, that people EAT THOSE THINGS!!!! They have Fiddle Head Festivals here in the states and they eat them. DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO TRY THEM THOUGH!!!!! ") My Daddy used to get MAD at those fiddleheads. He said that they took over the forest floor and choked the rain away from the trees. I'll have to take some photos when they're full grown. In some areas, that's all you SEE in the woods around here. Daddy didn't like the fiddleheads also, because you couldn't see the rattlesnakes and copperheads that hid in them too. He always told me,"NEVER, NEVER WALK THROUGH A PATCH OF THOSE IN SUMMER" and I DON'T!!! ") HUGSSS TO YOU, LOTSA LOVE TO YOU and God BLess Susie :) :) :)
It's so WONDERFUL that life has found your pond like that. I've had deer, skunks, raccoons, and tons of birds at my pond, and I just have a really tiny pond. I would LOVE to get a bigger one than I have one of these years. Mine got a crack in it last year, so we drained it and Bill patched it. BUT, over the winter, I lost all of my fish. So, I've been waiting for a bit warmer weather to restock my pond. Maybe if I leave ENOUGH HINTS, some new FISH would make a LOVELY MOTHERS DAY PRESENT!!!! :) :) :) :) :) And I'm gonna DROP LOTSA HINTS!!! Hey, he'd get away CHEAP, because baby goldfish are CHEAP!!!! Sounds like a TICKET TO ME!!!! :) :) :) :) I hope you have a WONDERFUL WEEKEND SHARON!!!!! HUGSSS TO YOU, LOTSA LOVE TO YOU and God BLess Susie :) :) :) :) :)
