In this space, I would like to share the things that lighten my heart. Some of these things are more profound than others, but at least it gives you an idea of what moves me in this world.
80's rock, heavy metal, hard rock, new age, meditational, adult contemporary,
Irish, and Scottish folk music.
All the 80's hair bands, Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins, Metallica, Tori Amos, Alanis Morissette, STP, Godsmack, Enya, Enigma, Loreena McKennitt, Air Supply, etc.
My children, my husband Chalice MacGrayland, my step-children.
People who are open minded, confident and secure in their own personalities,
comfortable in their opinions, and their OWN individual.
My dearest friends, the elite chosen few.
People who are well educated and use their knowledge wisely.
The great woods in Lynn, Massachusetts.
The even greater presence of the Smoky Mountains
atop my grandparents mountain around Nantahala Gorge, NC.
Any forest that is abundant in wildlife.
Nahant Beach, Singing Beach, & Rockport Beach,
all abutting the Atlantic Ocean in Massachusetts.
The moon and stars of the Southern sky.
Blood colored roses, magnolia trees, weeping willows,
stormy skies, deer in blueberry bushes, rolling fog,
smiling children, finger paintings, fluff covered faces,
birds in flight, lovers at night, silence.
David and Leigh Eddings - The Belgariad
Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman - The Death Gate Cycle
Morgan Llywelyn - Everything she's written
The Hobbit & The Lord of The Rings
All of Shakespeare's plays
The Classics - i.e. Tom Sawyer, Catcher in the Rye,
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, and so on.
Web crafting, musical instruments, self-eduacation, reading,
walks in the woods, playing with my children,
playing with my husband *GRIN*,
training and breeding of Golden Retrievers, and horseback riding.
Swimming, hiking, walking, canoeing, & dancing.