Paul E Allen
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| Gender | Male |
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| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Retired |
| Location | Nebraska, United States |
| Introduction | Grew up in Oregon. Lived in Seattle, WA, area for 40 years. On new adventures now in Wyoming, Colorado, Florida, and Nebraska with my husband, Steven, whose job moves us around. Have 8 lovely grandkids. I’m a music lover and play piano and organ and direct choirs. Music and gardening are my passions. Oh..., and I have some major life challenges, so my posts will be infrequent. When I feel I have something worth saying, I will post. |
| Interests | reading, cooking, walks/hikes, movies, time with friends/family, spirituality, social justice |
| Favorite Movies | Cinema Paradiso, Amelie, City of Lost Children, Delicatessen, Love Actually, The Color Purple, Four Weddings & a Funeral (movie version), To Kill a Mockingbird, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, screwball romantic comedies of the 30's, Film Noir, I've seen and enjoyed 97 of the AFI's Top 100 Films of the Last 100 Years. |
| Favorite Music | Eclectic: 8-1/2 Souvenirs, Jamie Cullum, Sade, A Capella jazz and classical, Roots music, Willie Nelson, Tony Braxton, Louis Vierne Organ Symphonies, Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Carole King, Feel-good Rock 'n Roll, Edith Piaf, Patsy Cline, Ray Charles, Eva Cassidy, Jacques Brel, Aaron Neville, Sting, Nina Simone, Brahms' Piano Intermezzi (I LOVE playing Brahms & Chopin!), too many more to list. |
| Favorite Books | Usually the one I am currently reading. Some, I feel called to re-read every few years include: The Gift of the Deer and A Place in the Woods by Helen Hoover, poems by Hafiz, Rumi, Auden, Sandburg, The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, A Poet's Bible by David Rosenberg, The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle, E.F. Benson's Mapp and Lucia stories, C.S. Lewis' space trilogy, Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde. |
Well, maybe they don't need them, but don't you think that some fish might like a bicycle?
Favorite way to relax: Sitting out on the patio in the summer, listening to the Nebraska songbirds, while watching the thunderheads form over the Plains, or sitting out in the summer evenings watching the fireflies while the cloud lightning flashes all around.