About Me

  • About Me: Homeschooling mom of four, writer, poet, dabbler in Paint Shop Pro and amateur photographer. Animal rescuer, cat lady, wildlife rehabilitator, pack leader. Organic gardener, foodie, seashell collector. Shiny, happy Jesus freak. That probably covers the important stuff.

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Pink Floyd, Tori Amos, Sarah McLachlan, Sting, Coldplay, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Linkin Park, Flyleaf, Paramore, Breaking Benjmain, NIN, Sick Puppies
  • Favorite Albums: Little Earthquakes, The Wall, Boys for Pele, Choirgirl Hotel
  • Favorite Genre: angry white chick
  • Favorite Lyrics: Once you know you can never go back I've got to take it on the otherside Centuries are what it meant to me A cemetery where I marry the sea Stranger things could never change my mind I've got to take it on the otherside
  • Songs I hate: Forever and Always -- Shania Twain (ask me why...I will tell you.)
  • Guilty Pleasure: Waitress -- Tori Amos
  • Songs I repeat the most: Crazy -- Gnarls Barkley, Vindicated -- Dashboard Confessional, Hallelujah -- Jeff Buckley, One Headlight -- The Wallflowers, Fear -- Sarah Mclachlan, Perfect Indian -- Sinead O'Conner, Black Dove -- Tori Amos, Playboy Mommy -- Tori Amos, Otherside -- Chili Peppers, My World -- Sick Puppies, Misery Business -- Paramore, All Around Me -- Flyleaf

Television

  • Favorite Shows: Dr. Who, Torchwood, Heroes, CSI, Smallville, The Daily Show, Chuck
  • Most Addictive Show: Dr. Who. I am a junkie.
  • Favorite Episode: Love and Monsters, The Doctor Dances

College

  • School Name: Nicholls State University
  • Status: Alumni
  • Degree type: Bachelors
  • Major(s): Biology and English Literature
  • Minor(s): Chemistry

Books

  • Favorite Books: my dearest books are poetry anthologies and my field guides
  • Favorite Authors: Denise Levertov, Anne Sexton, W.S. Merwin, Anne Lamott, Neil Gaimon
  • Recent Reads: Murder Mysteries -- a short story by Neil Gaiman, The Price -- also by Neil Gaiman. Excellent reads. Grace (Eventually) -- Anne Lamott

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean, Schindler's List, Dangerous Liasons, Clockwork Orange.

More About Me

  • Heroes: Jesus

Travel

  • Places I love: Galveston, New Orleans, Grand Isle, Louisiana
  • Places I've been: Kentucky, Colorado, Florida, Alabama, Oregon, various places in Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana.
  • Dream Vacation: Some little island that has white sands and palm trees, turquoise waters. Just me and hubby.