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First Name
Gabrielle
Gender
female
Town
Carbondale

About Me

About Me
born in Ohio, moved to northern California and lived there for 19 years, moved back to midwest. Raised Roman Catholic, including all of my schooling. 'owned' by a total over 32 years of 13 cats,
learned to be a voracious reader from my father,

learned to be a cook, a cat herder and a crocheter, a friend and a fighter, and a far better person from my best friend,

learned to be somewhat sarcastic from my siblings,

learned to love poetry from one of my teachers,

learned to love westerns from reading them and watching the old movies,

learned to love old movies from watching them on my grandpa's tv,

learned how to grow and laugh and love and keep going from all my friends,

learned how to be loving, compassionate and warmhearted from my friends and from my cats too,

learned how to write from the novelists I read most,

learned how to imagine from reading poetry, science fiction and fantasy, and from fantasy art, and from Shakespeare,

learned about poetry from watching Shakespeare on tv,

learned about the Civil War from Bruce Catton, Shelby Foote and Ken Burns.

Learned to love theatre from plays on tv like 'The Andersonville Trial' and to love movies from watching old movies late night as a kid, also

learned to accept differences and even honor and prefer them from my father and his father and his mother, from my sisters in law and my brothers, and my middle sister

learned how to be open from many great friends who have accepted me without ever seeing my face.
Occupation
Stay at Home
Favorite Movies
Indiana Jones, The Muppets, Despicable Me, Disney Pixar, Amadeus, HOOD, The Wizard of Oz, Shakespeare In Love, Writing Fiction, The Lord of the Rings, War Horse Movie, How the West Was Won, Camelot, Mirror Mirror, Dirty Dancing, The Blind Side, The Sound Of Music, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Official Page), Avatar, Harry Potter, Forrest Gump, The Buddha, Gettysburg, fury at showdown, The High and the Mighty, Lady and the Tramp, The Lion King, Cinderella, Pocahontas, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Quiet Man, Brigadoon, Spartacus, Gods and Generals, Westward the Women, The King's Speech, The Great Caruso, A Tale of Two Cities, Lost Horizon, Meet John Doe, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Star Wars 4, Encore Westerns, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Casablanca, Amazing Grace, Star Wars, Gone With The Wind (1939), A Story of 3 Loves, Little Women, A Letter to Three Wives, Friendly Persuasion, Forbidden Planet, Henry V, The Day The Earth Stood Still, Hamlet 2, Nell, Oklahoma!, Anna and the King, The King and I, Carousel, I, Robot, Star Trek 2009, Star Trek, Letters to Juliet
Favorite TV Shows
Hawaii Five-0, ABC News, The Daily Show, 48 Hours Mystery, How I Met Your Mother, Fashion Star, Psych, NBC, Good Eats, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, American Masters | PBS, Pawn Star, Saturday Night Live, Antiques Roadshow, The Vampire Diaries, Royal Pains, Days Of Our Lives, TLC, I don't care about your Beck, or your Rush, or your Hannity, or your O'Reilly!!!, Xena: Warrior Princess, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Dallas, Hell's Kitchen - Gordon Ramsay, Days of Our Lives Fans, Classic "Days of Our Lives", The Good Wife, MASTERPIECE | PBS (Masterpiece Theatre), Hallmark Channel USA, Ghost Whisperer, White Collar, Pawn Stars on History, The Colbert Report, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Rizzoli&Isles, The Mentalist, The First 48 on A&E, In Plain Sight, 60 Minutes, Anderson Cooper 360, The Wild Wild West, The Wild Wild West, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Lifetime, Jeopardy!, BBC America, Battlestar Galactica, The Rachel Maddow Show, Bonanza, Law and order criminal intent, Project Runway, Restaurant: Impossible, Hallmark Movie Channel, The Tudors, Harry's Law, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Hell's Kitchen, Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell, Laramie, The Virginian, Beauty and the Beast, Wild Wild West, Wagon Train, One Life to Live, VenicetheSeries
Favorite Music
Bruce Springsteen, Peter Frampton, Elton John, Dolly Parton, Barry Manilow, Kenny Chesney, Susan Boyle, George Harrison, Hank Williams Jr., Neil Young, Billy Joel, ONE, Neil Diamond, Beyoncé, Sting, Taylor Swift, Stevie Wonder, Carole King, Jennifer Hudson, Paul McCartney, Stevie Nicks, Enrique Iglesias, James Taylor, Queen, Janis Joplin, David Bowie (Official), U2, Fleetwood Mac, Frank Sinatra, Sarah McLachlan, Willie Nelson, Aretha Franklin, Johnny Crawford, Bon Jovi, The Beach Boys, Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton, John Lennon, Meg Christian, Heart, Jerome Kern, Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers, Peggy Seeger, Mary Travers, Judy Collins, Cher, Joan Baez, Perry Como, Celine Dion, The Kingston Trio, Torch songs, Judy Garland, Cole Porter, Ethel Waters, Nat King Cole, Sammy Davis, Jr., Camelot, Leonard Bernstein, Alan Lerner, Howard Keel, Neil Diamond, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Broadway Musicals, Cris Williamson, Movie Scores and Soundtracks, Barbra Streisand, Reba McEntire, Chicago, Tschaikovsky, Bread, LeAnn Rimes, Faith Hill, Journey
Hobbies
Darkover, Society for Creative Anachronism, University of Dayton, Frisbee Golf, Fantasy Novel Writing, Writing the Great American Novel, Poetry and Novel Writing, Writing a Novel, Writing My Novel, Writing Novel, Novel writing, Writing Fiction and Poetry, Fiction writing, Writing Fiction, Writing, The Horses Block on Yardsellr, The American Civil War, Learning to Make Jewelry, Madonna of the Streets, Reading, Art, Animals, Horses, History, Crocheting, Poetry, Liberal, Writer, Writing Poetry, National Novel Writing Month, Cooking, Writing Novels, National Novel Writing Month, FotW

Education

High School
Archbishop Alter High School
H.S. Graduation Year
1969
College / University
University of Dayton
College Graduation Year
1973

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Website
http://westernclassics.hoop.la/home

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Ciarann

Ciarann

"There will never be a dream exactly like your own, follow it, there wouldn't be a heaven full of stars if we were all meant to wish on the same one"

I don't know the source of this quote but I truly love it. If anyone knows the author, please share.
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  • Ciarann
    "There will never be a dream exactly like your own, follow it, there wouldn't be a heaven full of stars if we were all meant to wish on the same one"

    I don't know the source of this quote but I truly love it. If anyone knows the author, please share.
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