Karen
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About Me
Female
55 years old
United Kingdom
Last Login: 7/15/2008
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Mood:
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Karen's Interests
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| General | Music.
Singing, (& occasional playing of guitar & bodhran)
Genealogy - my Dorling one-name study has been going for over 20 years. See my website: http://dorling-ancestry.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk Reading & Writing - don't have time to write now, but won the Women's Own short story award in 1993 which was judged by Fay Weldon, Colin Dexter and Mavis Nicholson - one of the highlights of my life! (including going to a lunch at the Savoy "in my honour"). Hope to start writing again soon, probably some songs first.
Dogs - I have a wonderful hovawart named Kirsche (who loves flyball) and a new smaller puppy who is a real character and they play together wonderfully.
History & Archaeology - my Mum used to take me on rescue digs and my brother is now an archaeologist
People.
Walking / countryside. | | Music | All sorts. Acoustic, Rock, Folk, World, even sone Country. | | Movies | The first film that really impressed me was Lawrence of Arabia which I saw when I was about 9 yrs old at a cinema in High Wycombe. Seven Samurai is one of my few favourites & of course I loved Lord of the Rings. Also enjoyed The Usual Suspects, Pulp Fiction and a few others whose names have diappeared into the mists of times - oh yes, I remember rather enjoying the Sex Pistols film. | | Television | Don't watch much. Horizon, Timewatch, Time Team, Antiques Roadshow, Documentaries. I like some comedy e.g. Red Dwarf, Father Ted, Garth Morengi. In the past really enjoyed I Claudius. Currently watching DVDs of Blake's Seven and Shogun and watched all of Kung Fu this year after my eldest son bought me the 1st series for Christmas! | | Books | Love books and I also love poetry. Currently reading The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood.
Some of the books, roughly in order of age of reading, that I've enjoyed are:
the Jill pony books
Black Beauty
Zane Grey and other westerns!
Man's Rise to Civilisation by Peter Farb
Cheyanne Autumn by Mari Sandoz The Indian Wars of the West, Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee Black Elk Speaks by John G Neilhardt, Lord of the Rings, Gormanghast trilogy Dune trilogy by Frank HerbertIsland by Aldous Huxley Catch 22 by Joseph Heller Glass Bead Game by Herman Hesse From Primitives to Zen by Mircea EliadeCider with Rosie by Laurie Lee To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee My Family & Other Animals by Gerald Durrell Rubyait of Omar Khayam Catch 22 by Joseph Heller For Whom the Bell Tolls by HammingwayNaught for your Confort by Trevor Huddleston Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally, Wind in the willows by Kenneth Graham Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Lysistrata by Aristophanes Wild Swans by Jung Chang Yet Being Someone Other & The Seed and the Sower by Laurens Van der Poste Pack of cards by Penelope Lively Sonny's Blus by James Baldwin The God beneath the Sea by Leon Garfield & Edward Blishen Times Arrow by Martin Amiis, Flaubert's Parrot and History of the World in 10.5 Chapters by Julian Barnes Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt VonnegutAlice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll The Saga of Eric the Viking by Terry JonesNorthern Lights Trilogy by Philip Pullman Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman The Emotional Brain by Le DouxAtonement by Ian McEwan The Magician's Guild Trilogy by Trudi CanavanLast Orders by Graham Swift The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
POETS I LIKE: W.H. AudenDylan Thomas Louis MacNeice Vernon Scannell Yeats Walt Whitman Stevie SmithTony Turner whose poems can be seen at http://www.poetryforpleasure.me.uk/ | | Heroes | Don't really do heroes. Richard Feynman and Shakespeare maybe, and definately all the people now and through history who have stood up to tyranny and oppression and been prepared to sacrifice their lives and freedom for what they believe is right. And all the people, now and inthe past, who have struggled to survive and still been decent people. |
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Karen's Details
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| Status: | Single | | Zodiac Sign: | Libra |
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Karen's Schools
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University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Graduated: 1976
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Psychology & Study of Religion
Minor: Archaeology, Classical Studies, Sociology
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About me:
Too much to tell.
Life is currently great. All my family are well and happy. My children and daughter-in-law are wonderful. I have a great job and some good friends.....and two lovely dogs. I love singing, walking, going out, socialising, and have just started writing again. Life is good...
Things people have said about me...well, you have to blow your own trumpet occasionally.... Except I really believe that what people say tells you more about themselves than the person they're talking about! "Beautifully idiosyncratic" (RM). "Motherly with a touch of siren", P. Wilde (1990s work context). "My bed is a desert without you and other women mirages", WOW!!! P. Mallory deceased(1980s). "A very forgiving person" (1990s) and "You deserve better luck than you have enjoyed in life so far" (2006) D. Coupland. "I didn't know you were so much fun when you were drunk. I thought the melons really suited you." Steve L (Jan 2005). "You have conducted yourself with grace and understanding" Rose (April 2007) "You were so awesome on Thursday, I wish we'd filmed
you to show you!", Vicky (June 2007)
Profile music is by Bronwen Harrison who can be heard playing and singing my song "Glastonbury Tor" on my other myspace site - see 1st friend below for the link. Use link on the left for Bronwen's site. See the 1066 myspace site for more on the film and the music.
See the Marlow Bottom Acoustic Club site and Karen's Songs site (link by clicking on them in the friends list below) for more of the music I & others get up to.
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Who I'd like to meet:
People I've lost touch with over the years, e.g. Mike Baird, jazz drummer (from Holland & at Leicester Uni)) and Pete Williams (was a journalist in London after being at Leicester Uni). People that like doing the same things as me and need someone to do them with. ....Hurrah! I've found Mike Baird at long last!Myspace Friends. My intention is to only have friends that I actually know, not to collect numerous people I do not know. However, I'm always open to making real new friends!
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