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Music	I'm addicted to it, but you'll not catch me trying to beat the habit! Music has been my addiction since early childhood, and I've seen no damage from it yet, nor has it led to other addictions (oh wait, unless you count my addiction to LIVE ACOUSTIC MUSIC developed later in life. These days, I could never get too much Kathy Mattea or Krista Detor, or Carrie Newcomer. I'm still discovering artists I had somehow missed before joining myspace, such as the wonderful Patty Griffin, and the many emerging new acoustic artists. One of the best things about MySpace is the discovery of independent acoustic vocalists, musicians, songwriters, and the people who love them! My spirit is continually nourished through this music, connecting with others who share this passion, and experiencing concerts, especially those in small venues catering to people who are truly there for the music. So much talent, so many good people! Kathy Mattea Krista Detor Carrie Newcomer Check out great music at Acoustic Pie!! Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Arnold “Red” Auerbach Music is the vernacular of the human soul. ~Geoffrey Latham I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music. ~George Eliot
Movies	To Kill A Mockingbird, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Fried Green Tomatoes, GWTW, Dead Poets Society, Birdcage, Good Will Hunting, Postcards from the Edge (great book, too, by Carrie Fisher), SILKWOOD, anything with the incredible Meryl Streep, Katharine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Kurt Russell, Cher, Goldie Hawn, Robin Williams, great actors of all time. It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either. ~Mark Twain
Television	WVU Mountaineer football!
Books	I may have emerged from the womb with a book in my hands (and a prehistoric stereo headset on)! Have always been a voracious reader and lover of books. Have read tons of fiction, covered all of Willa Cather's works as a child, wanted to BE her! Currently engaged with biographies: have read several on JFK and Robert Kennedy (can't wait to see the movie Bobby!), recently read a fabulous book on Neil Armstrong. Enjoy tomes on spirituality, philosophy, the human condition, and good fiction.
Heroes	My lifetime hero is my beloved big brother Paul. In childhood, his love was unconditional, he made me feel that I mattered in the world, he would never let me down. In adulthood, even in discovering that he was human and thus not entirely perfect ;~), he was always the point of reference against which other men were measured, the guiding light, the opinion that most mattered, the one I considered the smartest human alive, the one who always listened thoughtfully and communicated gently, the one I could count on, the one for whom I never lost respect, the big brother whose life had blossomed and flourished as husband to a beautiful lady inside and out, who adored him, and children who grew up knowing, just as I had, that he was the one they could always turn to, whose love and respect would always be theirs to cherish. My everyday heroes are folks who live each day with passion, integrity, and an open heart. I'm encountering such people more and more often these days, thus realizing they've been around all along. What a beautiful and inspiring thing for which to be thankful! PAUL AND ME MY MOM EVA IN JUNE '65 MY SWEET SISTER SHARON MY SIS AGAIN MY BRUVER TOM & MY TONY MY BELOVED GRANDBOY T.J. AT 4 MY MISCHIEF-MAKER AMANDA ON HER 4TH BIRTHDAY MY AMANDA AT 5 MY DANIELLE AT 2 MY DANIELLE AT 7 HIGH SCHOOL GIRLFRIENDS