Writing, photography, graphics, cooking, spending time with my family, our pets, wildlife, reading a good novel, critters, planting a garden, watching the deer eat the garden, cruising in the 'vette, feeding birds, walking on the beach, food preservation, horses, dogs, sustainable living, boating...nature in general
Please, conserve, re-use and recycle. The Earth is ours to care for...let's all do our part!
Music
Classic Rock,Folk Rock,Most anything from the 70's(except disco),John Denver,Bob Seger,Jackson Brown, Cheryl Crow, Gordon Lightfoot...see how up to date I am? But my all time favorite is Pat Brown. You can hear his music at myspace.com/patbrownsongs or click on the link in my friends. Photographers and other artists, check out this link:
Movies
Last of the Mohicans; Man From Snowy River; any James Bond; Gone with the Wind; The Quiet Man; any Christopher Guest film; That Thing You Do; StarWars(all); Star Trek series; westerns; Lord of the Rings Triology; GhostRider; Planes,Trains,Automobiles; DragonQuest; 3:10 to Yuma; The Simpsons Movie; 30 Days of Night; Beowulf; 10,000 BC
Television
The Office, How I Met Your Mother, House, Entourage, 30Rock, Big Bang Theory, Nova, Law N Order CI, Family Guy, Futurama, "Adult Swim", and The Simpsons, of course
Books
Stephen King, John Steinbeck, James Herriott, Ernest Hemingway, Daphne DuMaurier, Larry McMurtry, Joanne Michael, Elizabeth Ogilvie, Clive Cussler, Julia Penney, Richard Hoyt, Ann McCaffrey, Frank Herbert, John Grisham, Christopher Moore, Janet Evanovich, Jean Auel, Ursula Le Guin, Terry Brooks
Heroes
Everyone should find their inner artist...and let him out!!
Driving to work one morning, I saw a driftwood sculpture.
It had appeared as if by magic, since the night before.
I had to stop,
and take a closer look
At least twenty feet wide,
it soared high over my head.
As I balanced on logs, and walked
on the damp carpet of seaweed,
I noticed an arrangement of sticks and shells,
almost beneath my feet.
Carefully arranged, the path trailed along the beach,
just within the range of ordinary high tide.
As I passed again that afternoon,
the sculpture had the air of a derelict ship,
trying desperately to float away on the outbound tide.
The shell path must have been gone by then.
Two mornings later, the ship, too, was gone.
There had been no storm,
no extreme tides, not even wind.
No pile of driftwood
remained to mark the spot.
Gone,with
the ghostly magic of
the unknown artist.
Mary's Details
Status:
Married
Here for:
Networking, Friends
Orientation:
Straight
Hometown:
Portland, OR
Body type:
5' 6" / Average
Ethnicity:
White / Caucasian
Religion:
Agnostic
Zodiac Sign:
Aries
Smoke / Drink:
No / No
Children:
Proud parent
Education:
Some college
Mary's Schools
Lincoln High School
Portland,OR
Graduated: 1979
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
About me:
I'm a mother of 3 and grandmother of 2, one girl and one boy! I've been married to my best friend, Pat, for 30 years. We live on Orcas Island, in the beatiful San Juans of Washington State, but are originally from Oregon. I consider myself a "critter person" and have been adopted by a feral cat.
I'm a freelance writer, graphic designer and amateur photographer. (You can check out more albums of the island in my pics.) I have been posting excerpts from my cookbook-in-progress, "From Mary's Kitchen", in my blog. I hope you'll check it out if you're in the mood for a light read, or looking for an easy recipe.
Who I'd like to meet: readers, writers, photographers, and other artistic souls
Have a nice christmas sorry I haven't been sending you comments I have overlook a few people. I like oatmeal and raisian cookies . well it's late and I am tired so I will say goodnight. ttyl
Thank you for your nice comment to my blog! And happy happy Thanksgiving to all of you! I know you must be right up there at cloud 9, having them all around you :) Lots of warm thoughts and as always, a BIG HUG! I love you, Mary! (even though I am not a lesbian . lololol)
Thank you, Mary! And I sure hope we will be together, at the same table, sharing thanks one day! I know, you love to prepare your Thanksgiving, for your loved ones - and I hope you will be together, all of you. Here, in my corner of the world, we don`t celebrate Th.G - Buy I will be lighting your candle, and think of you! I love you, woman - thinking of you, every day! HUGS, lille
Hi hope you have a great weekend hope the weather breaks alittle we had a lot of rain and wind its that time of the year getting the house ready for winter .getting ready for the holidays well take care and I will chat later
HUGS, lille
HUGS, lille 
YOU'RE THE BEST!!!XOXOooo
