Laura
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Student |
| Occupation | Artist, Girl Genius, Writer |
| Location | Portland, Oregon, United States |
| Introduction | I'm a writer completing a degree in anthropology, after an 'illustrious' career being a cog in The Machine of Retail Commerce. So at least I sold books, and have since retrieved my soul. |
| Interests | Writing, painting, Portland, school, books, music, arts, artful crafting, gardening, animals, history, science, reinvention, whimsy, how things work. |
| Favorite movies | Persepolis, Les Visiteurs, Time Bandits, Big Night, My Man Godfrey, American in Paris, Burnt By the Sun, The Birdcage, Young Frankenstein, Coppola's Dracula, Persuasion, Nick Park films, King of Comedy, Amelie, Gosford Park, 1930 & 40's B&W classics, anything with Clive Owen |
| Favorite music | Distant wind chimes, mandolins across the lake, many types of classical, waves & the sound of people on porches, rain at night, Led Zeppelin, gamelan, hammered dulcimer, West African guitar, Indian film music, 1920s jazz, Deuter & Kitaro, Al Green, Joni & the California Dreamers, just about anything at some time in my life. |
| Favorite books | Memoirs of a Geisha, Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai, Persepolis I & II, Grace (Eventually), Plan B, Traveling Mercies, Dreams of My Russian Summers, Holidays On Ice, Anthropology of Turquoise, Confederates in the Attic, Kitchen Confidential, the Creative License, Sweet-n-Low, Tschochskies for Christmas |
You moved the pot before the coffee stopped brewing. Do you smell the mountains or the burro?
The soil, dude, the volcanic soil...