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 turtlemoon's Biography
Gender:Female
Birthday:June 7 1948
Location:Hannibal, Missouri,USA
About Me:I retired after 32 years of teaching art & literature in Ohio, Arkansas, Louisiana, & Missouri. Alumni of Murray State Univ.,Murray, KY. Go Racers! I'm the oldest of 6,from the Mississippi River town,Cape Girardeau,MO. I have 1 son and 3 grandchildren. I enjoy music,literature,studio art,roaming highways & byways, dancing in powwows, and sometimes just doing nothing. Life is good! BTW, y'all invited to my 100th birthday celebration. Johnny Depp and Josh Groban will be there! :))
Type of Writer:poet (watercolor stories)
Writing Style:I'm not sure. I am still exploring and experimenting. Dabbling and doodling.
Interests:Being w/grandkids,reading for recreation & learning,writing poetry, watercolor painting, road trips,collecting talking stones,camping,hiking, dancing in regalia at powwows, listening to music, being at the Grand Canyon and the Smoky Mountains!!!
Favorite Books:Thirteen Moons, Black Elk Speaks,Sacagawea, Wuthering Heights, The Good Earth, Great Expectations, Wind From the Carolinas, Anne of Green Gables,Bayou, The Wayward Muse, Cold Sassy Tree
Favorite Authors:Louise Erdrich, Charles Frazier, Pearl S. Buck, Jane Austin, L.M. Montgomery, Sue Grafton,Janet Evonovich, Alice Hoffman, Robert Wilder,Dr. Wayne Dyer
Favorite Poets:Alfred Noyes (especially, "The Highwayman",read to me as a child by my mother..also my first inspiration to write poetry), Emily Dickinson
Favorite Quote: [Tim Robbins..."Loss is imaginary. Nothing ever disappears in the universe; it only changes form."] [Rumi..."The morning breeze has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep." ] [John C. Campbell Folk School..."I sing behind the plow."]
Favorite Music:N.Am.(Brule,Robbie Robertson,Robert Mirabal,Douglas Spotted Eagle, Nakai) Folk/ Blues/Jazz/Celtic/ Bob Dylan,Stones,Josh Groban, B.J. Thomas, Michael Grimm,Teddy Thompson,Judy Collins, Carly Simon, Adelle, Loreena McKinnet, Eva Cassidy,Stevie Nicks
Favorite Movies:Against A Crooked Sky, Last of the Dogmen, Under the Tuscan Sun, A Summer Place, Lorna Doone, Rich In Love, Chocolat, Bennie and Joon,The Blue Butterfly,Shakespeare In Love,A Dog Of Flanders, Avatar, The Girl With the Pearl Earring,Don Juan Demarco
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