Pat Raines aka Gypsy Mama
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| Gender | Female |
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| Occupation | retired/dental field |
| Location | El Pescadero, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Introduction | It was December 2006 when I retired from a great job I'd had for 25 years in the dental field. My time, my turn to fulfill some of my passions. My experiences have led me to believe we only get to keep what we give away, so ~~ I sold my house, gave away my furniture and I live the minimalist lifestyle in all ways; scrunching all I own into a 22 foot RV that I call Phoebe McGee. It is just me and Phoebe and my black pug, named TaZzi. In 4 packed and incredible years. We have been in all but 3 states and traveled in 4 Provinces of Canada. We spend winters in the Baja~Cabo, Pescadero, Todos Santos, and East Cape areas. ps We now live permanently in the Baja in a Palapa Home. My life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body ~~ but rather to skid in sideways totally worn out shouting 'holy crap! WHAT A RIDE! |
| Interests | Travel~Hiking~ Snorkeling~ Photography~ Reading~ Writing~ Blogging~ Cooking~ Dinner Parties~ Cruising ~ Camping~ RVing~ Birding~ Politics~ History~ Wine Tasting & Swallowing ~ Live Theatre, i.e., ballet, opera, symphonies~~~~ Hanging with my grand kids and my dog, TaZ, my friends...& relatives... |
| Favorite movies | Citizen Kane~The Godfather~Manchurian Candidate~Pulp Fiction~ The Usual Suspects ~Shawshank Redemption ~Witness for the Prosecution~Sling Blade~A Trip to Bountiful ~Casablanca~The House of Games~Blood Simple~Baghdad Cafe ~Woody Allen & Clint Eastwood & Cult FilmsBroadway..... Phantom of the Opera~Evita~West Side Story~Les Miserables~Rent~Lyon King~Cats~Ragtime |
| Favorite music | Blues~ Jazz~ Classical~ Folk~ Rock~ Reggae~ R & B~ Gospel~ Blue Grass~ Roots~Americana~Music with a social message~Austin Music~Leonard Cohen~John Hiatt~ Pink Floyd~ Bonnie Rait~ Diana Krall~ BB King~ Richard Thompson~ Greg Brown~ Bruce Springsteen~ Sting ~ Dixie Chicks~ Lorena McKennitt~ Lyle Lovett~ Bob Marley~ Johnny Cash~ Rodney Crowell~ Todd Snider~ Billy Joe Shaver~ Andre Bocelli~ Eagles~ Janis Joplin~ Eric Clapton~ U2 (Bono)~ Muddy Waters~ John Lee Hooker.... |
| Favorite books | Anything Steinbeck~Kite Runner~A Thousand Splendid Stars~Three Cups of Tea~One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest~To Kill a Mockingbird~ Gone with the Wind~Secret Life of Bees~Crime & Punishment ~The Godfather~Bible~The Magus~Carlos Castaneda~ Some political, philosophical, historical, religious books~All of Joseph Campbell's Mythology books. |