Christine Collister Adventures in Blogging!
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | singer/songwriter/photographer |
| Location | DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | I have been singing my whole life and lucky enough to be able to say I've been doing it professionally for 27 years this November(2010). Eek!My influences are far too many and varied to mention fully but a short list would include:10cc,David Bowie,Bonnie Raitt,Jackson Browne,Steeley Dan,Kate Bush,Karen Carpenter,Elbow,Sting,Annie Lennox,Dusty Springfield,Joni Mitchel,Tom Waits,Fleet Foxes,Helen Watson,The Eagles,Richard Thompson,John Martyn,John Mayer,Randy Newman,Smokey Robinson,Arvo Paart, Corinne Bailey Rae ... too many like I said. I was born and raised on the tiny Celtic nation of The Isle Of Man and 3 years ago, after 25 years of living in the UK, returned to live there once more.It's a brilliant and powerful place and feeds my melancholic soul with it's wild and lovely landscape.Not to mention that 6 of the 9 nephews I love and adore live here still, while 3 now reside in Perth Australia with my one and only niece! I found true love fairly late in my life ... 10 years ago I met and fell in love with an extraordinary man:Bob Miller ... he is my soul mate ;-) Ah ... XX We were married Feb 13th 2010 at the old Blacksmith's workshop in Gretna Green! Hurrah!XX ;-) |
| Interests | I love singing,cooking,taking photographs,reading,being with friends and family and traveling the globe ... all of which I get to do all the time! I'm very, very, lucky!;-) |
| Favorite movies | Gandhi, Slum Dog Millionaire,Star Trek,Lord of the Rings,Dan In Real Life,Jaws,Coraline,Bambi,Up! |
| Favorite music | This is too big a subject to even contemplate ... let me think a while ... |
| Favorite books | The Time Travelers Wife,Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series, Robin Hobb trilogies-all!,Sara Douglas trilogies,Anne MaCaffrey's books of Pern,The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow, Talking with Angels: Budaliget 1943 (Paperback) by Gitta Mallasz,The Only Planet of Choice: Essential Briefings from Deep Space by Phyllis Schlemmer and Palden Jenkins,Sharon Shinn novels,Life of Pi,In Search of the Miraculousby P. D. Ouspensky |