Linda DeMerle

The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Gordon Lightfoot, Tom Rush, vintage Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, U2, traditional, bluegrass, neo-classical, John Michael Talbot

Pride and Prejudice, Brother Lawrence, Louisa May Alcott, Mary Oliver, Tobias Wolf, John Michael Talbot..." God must be allowed the right to speak unpredictably." -Thomas Merton

Mindwalk, Enchanted April, Cold Comfort Farm, Pride and Prejudice, I Dreamed of Africa, The Horse Whisperer, The Secret of Roan Inish, On Golden Pond, The Last of the Mohicans, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Passion of the Christ

Documentaries

Adirondacks, Bar Harbor, Maine; Squam Lake, New Hampshire; the mountains of New Hampshire and the seashore

People, nature, painting, beach combing, art, music, history, books, designing stained glass.

Social justice. A healthy planet. An ethical society. A culture which values substance over form.

E.J. Dionne, Washington Post

DFLA Democrat. Insulting/crass ppl of any affiliation need not connect. "We must not hate one another." Ted Kennedy

Catholic

I've made ice cream cones, chicken fried steak gravy, kept books, sold retail from lumber to clothes to books, done payroll, dressed windows, written resumes, fed chipmunks, answered phones, cared for children which included frequent extraction of 2 legs from 1 pant-leg and exploring the restrooms of America; taught art, PR, published poems, freelanced, powdered Robert Novak's nose. Met Ray Davies, once; lovely man.

Here and there.

Publication credits include The Syracuse New Times, Acoustic Guitar magazine, The Syracuse Newspapers, Wide Open Magazine, Illya's Honey, Recursive Angel, 2River View, fishwrap and other small press journals; former editor/publisher Disclosures, literary ezine. Two small-time exhibits of paintings.

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