Carol, Song of Joy

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About me

Gender Female
Industry Religion
Occupation Spiritual Director/Retreat Leader
Location Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
Introduction I am a spiritual director and retreat leader who focuses on contemplative prayer, practice of silence and solitude, who loves music and nature and friends and who struggles with the institutions of our society. I have a wonderful daughter. I am in love with Robert,and we live together in Santa Fe, NM.
Interests Playing piano, singing, reading both fiction and non, writing, acting, cultivating relationships, enjoying nature, reading poetry, playing at art, praying for and seeking social justice and peace.
Favorite Movies An American in Paris, Gigi, South Pacific, Anatomy of a Murder, Wizard of Oz, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, anything Peter Sellers or Meryl Streep were ever in, Chocolat, Babbette's Feast, Splendor in the Grass, On Golden Pond, A Patch of Blue, ET, Close Encounter os the Third Kind, When Harry Met Sally, Rainman, Pretty Woman, Shall We Dance, Somewhere in Time
Favorite Music Most classical, especially Beethoven, Bach and Brahms, Bernstein and Copland-- Paul Simon, Carrie Newcomer, Mary Travers, Mandy Patinkin, Enya, Eva Cassidy, John Denver Joel Mabus, Judy Collins
Favorite Books Books by John O'Donohue, David Whyte, Anne LaMott, Tilden Edwards, Gerald May, Parker Palmer, Henri Nouwen, Madelaine L'Engle, J. Philip Newell, Amy Tan, Diana Gabaldan, Thomas Merton, Esther deWaal, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, the Brontes, Mark Twain, Garrison Keillor, Kathleen Norris, Little Women, Little House on the Prairie, C.S. Lewis, Alexander McCall Smith, Melanie Morrison