Freelance writer and, for the most part, a pretty good girl. Used to be a poet. Used to be a personal chef. Used to have my own catering business. Used to be a political organizer. Used to be a lobbyist. Used to be a manners columnist. Used to run a women's publishing collective. Used to get paid to decorate people houses. Used to get paid to clean people's houses. Used to manage a breakfast cafe for the homeless. Used to be a Buddhist. Used to get off having nookie with famous guys. Used to do a lot of drugs. Used to be anorexic and bulemic. Used to drink too much. Used to think I was nothing and nobody. Used to think I was the best and the brightest. And here's the worst one of all - after Galipoli first came out, I used to admire Mel Gibson. Shishhhh.........that's a big secret.
Now I'm happy to read a good book, dance in my kitchen while I do the dishes, enjoy the company of peeps because we love each other for who we really are and jam, jam, jam on the incredible vastness, beauty, possibility and foot stompin' mystery of the night sky.
Oh yeah, it's nice to get paid every once and a while for a good day's work, too. God willin'.
Love. Love. Love.
clubs
Human Rights Watch, National Campaign to Abolish the Death Penalty, Feminist Action Majority Leaque, Roots & Shoots, ACLU, Iowa City Public Library, Move On
talents
putting foot in mouth: making iced green tea with ginger, lime and honey: rearranging the alphabet?
music
Richard Thompson, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Magnetic Fields, Wilco, One Ring Zero, Gillian Welch, Joni Mitchell
Favorite holiday
Labor Day & My Birthday!
Favorite quote
"If I can't dance I don't want to be part of your revolution.' - Emma Goldman
Looking for...
nice people
Hidden talent
virtue
Relationship status
irrelevent
Hobby
Throwing Stuff Together
Occupation
Writer, Non-Profit Consultant
Book
Tao te Ching as translated by Stephen Mitchell (# 67 is my favorite), People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn, I can't get into poetry & liteature else I'd never stop.
TV Show
Andy Griffith Show, Simpsons (same show different generations)
Sport/Activity
Reading, Writing, Cooking, Listening, Hiking, Laughing, Tennis
Movie
Rushmoore, Down by Law, Reds, Magnolia, Velvet Goldmine, The Last Waltz. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Destination
Budapest, Austin, Gombe, BC, Everywhere but Little Rock & Rodeo Drive
