Keri
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Teaching Artist |
| Location | I'm a Nomad, and I Go Where I'm Led. |
| Introduction | I am mom to three beautiful girls. Anya is now 24 years old and lives in Russia. Nastia is 22 years old daughter & is in art college at the moment. I adopted her from Russia in 2005. I recently adopted a third daughter, 'Tilly' who is a feisty 10 year old from Latvia. I love being a mom. I look up to Ghandi and MLK & I want to change the world, but I can't seem to even get the dishes done every day. I remember my dreams every morning. (My dad frequently visits me in my dreams.) I have a weakness for underdogs, lost causes, abandoned animals and orphans. I've saved every letter and postcard ever sent to me. I love doing secret acts of kindness for strangers. I dream of moving to Russia one day, if I can only convince my daughters. |
| Interests | Acts of kindness, fighting injustice, battling indifference, caring for the least of these, building faerie houses in the woods with my daughter, going barefoot whenever possible, hunting for seaglass, collecting vintage children's books, etymology, music from the 30s, genealogy, Julia Margaret Cameron, linguistics, Russian accents, Indian food, London, learning all I can about RAD, Reactive Attachment Disorder, PTSD, Sensory Integration Disorder, older child adoption, russian adoption, Siberia, Kemerovo, malapropisms, photography, practicing gratitude, putting messages in bottles & sending them, unschooling, simplicity, Saint Julian of Norwich, tiny old cottages covered in wisteria, tiny houses of all kinds, sitting beneath willow trees, Tir Na Nog. |
| Favorite Movies | Amelie, The Color Purple, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Babette's Feast, A Midwinter's Tale, Prospero's Books, Waking Ned Devine, The Secret of Roan Inish, Enchanted April, A Trip to Bountiful, The Gods Must Be Crazy, King of Hearts, Little Miss Sunshine, It's A Wonderful Life, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Quiet Man (reminds me of my dad), The Wizard of Oz, Orlando, Wings of Desire, Moulin Rouge, American Beauty, Harold & Maude, Spirited Away, Chocolat, Burnt by the Sun, What Dreams May Come, and almost anything with Bette Davis or Audrey Hepburn. |
| Favorite Music | Joanna Newsom, Iz Kamakawiwo'ole, Loreena McKennitt, Jack Johnson, Sarah Rabdau, Tori Amos, Ben Folds, The Spring Standards, Louis Armstrong, Ella, Indigo Girls, U2, Ween, Cat Stevens, Dylan, Irving Berlin, Glen Miller, Enya, Joni Mitchell, Janice Joplin, Blues Traveller, Cheryl Wheeler, The Shins, The Story, Beatles, Suzanne Vega, Radiohead, lots of children's music (can't help it!), Clannad, Gaelic Storm, Dead Can Dance, Stones, Chopin, Vivaldi, Mozart, old celtic stuff, anything from the 1930's, certain songs we used to play on our player piano... |
| Favorite Books | I have a serious book addiction. I wouldn't know where to start. Currently I love reading about unschooling, voluntary simplicity, simplifying my life, certain catholic saints, kindness, and attachment parenting. |