I'm a devoted country girl/farmer who grew up in nyc. I'm a hard worker and i suppose, a bit of an eccentric. I was a stagehand electrician in IATSE for years then I ran away with the cirque du soleil when i was 30 for love. Working back stage, i've seen a lot of crazy stuff like working the howard stern, new year's eve beauty pageant payperview in newark, NJ!
I'm a physical person who can't sit still for very long - i'm intensely in love with my life even when it brings me woes and worries- i used to be a dancer- now i dance around the living room with my daughter! I need to read regularly but I can't stay indoors for very long. I probably have too many animals and they all want to follow me when i come home after a long day.

My grandparents arrived here from Greece and opened a (you got it!) restaurant
I'm an early riser and love the beginning and potential of a new day
I love to laugh

I've just finished my training at the psychosynthesis center in amherst - graduated from smith in 2007 but it doesn't mean much- i'm an awesome soccer mom (sometimes i'm the coach!)- sometimes life is really fucking hard - but most times it isn't!
I'm learning to make mozzarella and its very exciting- makes me feel like a scientist!
Somtimes i teach yoga on the weekends and do energy work on friends.
pluggin away
I have two awesome kids and it keeps me young.

I can drive anything
mediating and counseling
kissing
singing
dancing
loving
looking on the bright side and laughing at myself
taking care of my animals and my children
feelin gratitude for my life

My big, curly long wavy silly hair- it suits me.

mountains beyond mountains
sula
my heroes: Vandana Shiva and Paul Farmer
Sea Biscuit
Tank Girl
The incredibles
toy story and almost anything by those guys
angel at my table
my ansonia
The Monster and Johnny Stechino (Benigni movies/comedies)
I'm a sensual person so i love food, love to cook.
Mark Twain
Janet Frame
Roberto Benigni
Arundhati Roy
Michael Pollan
Flannery O'Conner
Tracy Kidder
Toni Morrison
elizabeth marshall thomas
laurens van der post
anthropology
I can't live without music- sometimes my kids ask me to turn it down. All kinds- lately hungarian gypsy music. I love funk and motown, Babaloo, the cramps, fela kuti, gillian welch, marley, old-time banjo music, bb king, fado music,....

music
runnin my fingers through the earth searching for potatoes
sunshine (i love seattle but i could never live out there)
love
my little monsters's smile
books-primarily non-fiction
animals
room to roam

milk
milk products
raising children and how parents act and react, the need to understand that we are raising not just our own children but a generation.
interconnectedness of it all down to the mosquito i just smashed

makin'yogurt and/or pizza
singing
feeding the dogs-murphy/collie aussie mix, bella/big, beautiful akita, rufus/pomeranian shitzu mix that chases horses but is afraid of thunderstorms, feeding the cows-brandy and geneva my jerseys who like to give me kisses, kitty/who looks like he's half bobcat and is in charge of them all.

jumping on the trampoline as the sun goes down

Q-tips rock
i'll never be wealthy and thats ok
i once replaced the head on an engine on an old volvo only to find out one of the pistons wasn't firing
I once spent a month in Venice, Italy. While it was incredibly beautiful and fascinating, the hostility towards americans was palpable and ruined it for me.
graduating from smith while raising 2 kids was incredibly difficult which makes it really hard to consider grad school
i hate anything btwn my toes
i'm tough and soft all at the same time

you are able to laugh at yourself
You think you can make me laugh
you've got a grip
you can handle powerful, radical, saucy,dancin, generous, all that and more mama