Many kinds..."C.A.T.S" and "The Lion King", of course!
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So, musicals are a must. Rock...U2, R.E.M. Folk and Celtic music. Native American flutes and songs. Some country, jazz, and classical. And the oldies...love those "baby" songs!
Movies
Just got re-interested in movies after seeing Pirates of the Caribbean...all three of them! Now I have a CD player and watch everything from Narnia to Hildalgo. I love all of Johnny Depp's movies. Finally got to see Sweeney Todd! Amazing performances, of course, especially Johnny Depp's. I am very proud of him and of Tim Burton for taking on this complicated and complexed musical and creating a character of such great depth. Thank you!
One of my favorite movies, "Spirit, Stallion of the Cimarron". This song truly expresses my life's struggles.
Television
All CSI's! The original and Miami and New York. Cold Case, Numbers, Without a Trace.
Books
I love cat mysteries! And Harry Potter. I read every night, with a cat or two on my lap! Will add more and more, such as Lilain Jackson Braun, "Cat Who" series, Shriley Rosseau Murphy's tales of Joe Gray, and Erin Hunter's wonderful series, "Warriors". Just finished reading "Firestar's Quest"...the best!!! I also love books of Native American tradtion and thoughts, like "Black Elk Speaks" and "God Is Red" by Vine Deloria, and "Neither Wold Nor Dog" by Kent Newburn. Any all of Tony Hillerman's grand books. Of course, I cannot leave out Charles DeLint...thank you, sir, for inspiring me and my sister to self publish our book!
Illustration by Horse Dancer/Diane Dern 2005
One of my favorite characters from a book, The Ship's Cat
Meet Tagmecurious!
Heroes
Bono, Johnny Depp, Bret Hart, Michael Stipe, John Denver, John Mellencamp, Dale Earnhardt, Sr., Orlando Bloom, Johnny Depp, and Leonard Peltier!
Bono
Michael
John
John Mellencamp
Bret
Dale
Leonard
"One for sorrow, two for joy,
three for girls, and four for boys,
five for silver, six for gold, and
seven for a secret never to be told."
Orlando Bloom
Johnny
A very worthy cause! Please support us. Thanks, Diane
Heroes of a Different Kind! They come in all forms.
Angel, Cheetah, Cat Ambassador from the Cincinnati Zoo's Angel Fund for cheetah conservation. Now with Star Clan.
http://www.cincyzoo.org/Conservation/GlobalConservation/cheetah/AngelFund/angelfundrev.html
Ruby, Amur Tiger, Mill Mountain Zoo, Roanoke, VA. Ruby will rescued from a roadside zoo and lived happily at the Mill Mt. zoo for many years until her passing in 2006. May Star Clan keep her lovingly.
http://mmzoo.org/index.cfm/fa/home.main.htm
Sunshine, White Lion of Timbavati. With Prosperity and Future, the three white lions were loaned to the Cincinnati Zoo by Siegfried and Roy in 1998.
Seabiscuit...what more can be said about this great horse! (May 23, 1933—May 17, 1947) Star Clan holds many a hero!
Angel (photograph by Diane L. Dern)
Ruby
Sunshine (photogragh by Diane L. Dern)
The Biscuit
Secretariat
Secretariat, Triple Crown winner,(March 30, 1970 October 4, 1989) Another guest of Star Clan.
Barbaro
Big Brown
Spirit, Stallion of the Cimarron
About me: Get a Cursor!
This is a book of cat poetry written by my sister, Susan, and illustrated by me. Being her first published book, we wanted to start with those who are so special to us...our wonderful cat family...now and through the years. Even cats we've never met, not yet anyway! Every cat lover knows that it is true; All Cats Are Legends. From the tiniest domestic shorthair kitten to the mightiest Amur Tiger, every cat has its own unique and wonderful story to tell. These are a few stories in poetry of some cats we have known and of others I wish I had known. For those devoted to all things Felidae, we hope you find as much joy in reading this book as we did in making it. And we hope to make more!
As you can tell, we love cats...all kinds. We exhibit at cat shows, where you see all breeds of wonderful felidae. Our cat book inspires the antiques,collectibles, and primitives cats that are for sale in the All Cats Are Legends booth, from framed antique prints to cat figures. We specialize in items of the famed "Chessie", mascot of the C & O Railroad. We sell framed Chessie prints, calendars, figurines, jewelry, and clothing, with the consent of the C & O Historical Society. There's nothing finer than that cute little face that kept a nation moving in comfort on America's rail lines. Our cat dream catchers are handmade by me in the traditional style using wood circles to hold the webs and catch All Cats bad dreams so that the good ones float softly down colored feathers to put a smile on any cat's face.
A C & O calendar from 1935!
C & O trains at Clifton Forge, VA, August, '07
So to honor Chessie and The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad and days gone by...a video by ddanrr, song "Driver 8" R.E.M.
An appropriate video from R.E.M~
The Ghost Train!
Our cat show booth!
Next cat show:
Cat Fanciers of Washington Cat Show, July 26 & 27, Sportsplex Indoor Sports & Event Center, Winchester, VA
Hidden Peak Cat Club Cat Show, August 9 & 10, Maryland State Fairgrounds, Timonium, MD
National Capital Cat Show, September 6 & 7, Dulles Expo Center, Chantilly, VA
Freestate Feline Fanciers Cat Show, September 20 & 21, Timonium Fairgrounds Exhibition Hall, Timonium, MD
Cotton State Cat Club Cat Show, November 1 & 2, The Gwinnett Center, Duluth, GA
CFA International Cat Show, November 22 & 23, Atlanta, GA (tentative)
And visit us at the sheep and wool festival:
Fall Fiber Festival, October 4 & 5, Montipelier Estate, Orange, VA (tentative)
New York State Sheep and Wool Festival, October 18 & 19, Duchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck, NY
Now on to me...I am Cree, German, and Irish and I celebrate all of my family's heritage. I was given the name Horse Dancer by a Lakota friend who knew my love of horses went back to my childhood when I was convinced that I would grow up to be a horse running free through the fields and plains. I am learning as much as I can about my Native heritage since I already know about the German and Irish people in my background. I do know that my family came from the Eastern Cree Nation somewhere between what is now the border of Canada and the US, near Ontario. I want to learn more about the crafts of the Woodlands Cree, especially any fiber arts since that is my major interests in the arts. I've studied and worked for over thirty years with weaving, spinning, and natural dyeing. More later...e'kosi...thank you for visiting!
Now visit my websites: www.horsedancerdesigns.com, for my crafts and sheep antiques and collectibles and http://www.allcatsarelegends.com, for the cat antiques and collectibles. All Cats Are Legends is alive with all things cat and lots of Chessie and the C&O Railroad!
What can I say about one of the most beautiful, sweetest, and wonderful creatures who ever graced this sad world with his gentle presence. I will miss you forever, Baby, Loving Boy, Just Freckles. Olivia's best friend and my constant companion. He is with Star Clan now.
"Came in from a rainy Thursday on the avenue
Thought I heard you talking softly.
I turned on the lights, the TV and the radio
Still I can't escape the ghost of you
What has happened to it all?
Crazy, some'd say,
Where is the life that I recognize?
Gone away...
But I won't cry for yesterday, there's an ordinary world,
Somehow I have to find.
And as I try to make my way, to the ordinary world...
I will learn to survive.
Passion or coincidence once prompted you to say
"Pride will tear us both apart"
Well now pride's gone out the window cross the rooftops, run away,
Left me in the vacuum of my heart.
What is happening to me?
Crazy, some'd say,
Where is my friend when I need you most?
Gone away..."
..Have a great weekend xoxoxo
