Principal Characters

Hey Reba! Can't wait to see your new website! Yeah, I dunno what's up with the formatting. Will fix.

Oh!  I am late to the party!Hullo, dear Shanna and other lovelies!  I'm here now!  Bringing cheese and wine to class up this joint.  (No, I kid, it is classy indeed already.)Can I just say - again - how much I love this welcome-bar idea, and that I am totally stealing it for my own interwebs-home (which, as of today, has its own domain name!  .wordpress.com is no more!  Huzzah!)  Not so hot on the introduction front, as per introverted usual, so I'm going to pull out my secret introvert weapon, grace à Havi - yelling INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF MYSTERY!! and running away.  "INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF MYSTERY!!"*Running away*x

Newbie here. Your site was recommended to me by Paul (first comment, above).  I'm a neurotic freelance editor who just got myself elected to the Board of Governors of the professional association I belong to and am now asking, "What did you get yourself into?!"  I'm also a foster and adoptive mom to two girls. I write, I sing, I doodle.  Currently, I'm obsessed with kettlebells and losing weight. If I wanted to, I could probably get myself labeled ADD. Mmm... Not sure what else to say. So: Hello. :)

I just want to state, for the record, that I was lured here under false pretenses. Shanna told me there were some books in here she thought I'd like, and when I stepped inside, she slammed the door and locked it. Now she's twisting my arm behind my back and making me act all polite and shit Ow! I mean, hello, all, don't mind me. I'll just be over here in the corner with shades on and my hat pulled down low, reading and biding my time until making my escape ow! uh, being my usual gregarious self.

I admit I'm not a terribly familiar face around here as of yet (Lurker: guilty as charged) but I figured that what with all the (lovely!) changes to the site, it was time to make a change myself. So, erm, yes! Hi there! I'm Ekunyi. Seeker of knowledge, singer of stories, and perpetual wisher that the world at present had room for the Adventuring Bard-Scholar I envision myself as in dreams: sword at my belt, lute at my back. I find research to serve as a decent replacement for that imagined physical journey, following the trail of a hidden truth through countless books in countless libraries. Yet you'll just as likely hear me craving the next opportunity to go padding through wilderness, scrambling up rocky crevices and crossing streams via precarious logs on all fours. Nature and all its intricate connections represents the closest thing I have to religion. When alone I love getting lost in a good book, be it fiction or no, or learning a new folksong for guitar. When with others I love listening, seeing the concept of existence through the eyes of others, appreciating just how many facets there are to the idea of being alive. When one-on-one I sometimes love just existing with another person in silence, and knowing it is to be with him or her. The depth of my connections with those I spend time with makes me fiercely loyal, and perhaps I find the greatest connection to myself when providing love and comfort to another. I also apparently write a lot! *cough* Anywho, glad to be here and glad to learn from, and with, you all.

Hi everyone!  It's great to join the party! ;)I'm Vicki.  Originally from England but moved to sunny ole Southern California 3 years ago with my wonderful hubby.  I'm a stay at home Mom at the moment, but with grand plans to launch my own online business when my youngest goes to preschool. If asked, I reckon my friends would say I expect a lot from myself, I'm aggressively loyal, and pretty much whatever you end up talking about I'll eventually say "I've got a book on that!"Looking forward to chatting to you guys in the future! ;)

What a gorgeous new home, and thank you for having me.  What lovely faces I see, too.The green here reminds me of my own home.  I live on an island so beautiful it feels mythical.  So, to fit in, I live a mythical life. Birds visit to chat about what I might be reading or the mischief the cats are up to. Lilac wafts in for tea in the evenings.  The sun is a languid flirt and the wind is irresistibly smooth.  But it's the forest that I married. I have a talent for cultivating a life that compels me from the richest loam of my psyche - digging into it until it leaves permanent stains under my fingernails.  Self-development is an act of poetry to me.   I am a poet of myself. So it often happens that someone who yearns just as deeply for something more of themselves in the world come into my life and I share what I know.  I show them where I get my inspiration from and help to dig in and deep.  I'm delicate with the subtle self, that solitary place in us that is teased out with metaphor and the richness of a fairy tale and the perfect lilt of laughter - any work that treads too harshly in there, forces things to be too plain for lack of style and instinct, bores me.  But I am ruthlessly daring with imagination, the shadowlands, and the realm of the intellect.   I crave to make theory intimate, fling how-to steps to the wind and go with delight.  My senses are tuned to succulent, my instincts prefer pleasure but are sharpened against bullshit.  I listen to people and the world around me at a slant, to hear for the hollow places, the cracks, the solid walls, the soul.  I love to share what I hear.xo,E.

Howdy! Yes, I say that. I also say “y’all” ever since I lived in Texas. And I’ve said “yawl” ever since my dad switched from motorcycles to sailboats when we lived in San Diego. Joel D Canfield. If it doesn’t have the “D” it isn’t really me. Google me, and you’ll have 27,000 words about me. Here are the good ones: Married to my Best Beloved, from whom I am rarely apart. Ever. 24×7, we are within sight of each other and the rare exceptions are physically difficult for me. Writer (of books, non-fiction and fiction; of music, mostly heartfelt lyrics, but occasionally snappy music.) Insatiably curious. When we talk, one of us will be learning something, guaranteed. Intense. Most people lean (or step) away when I get on a roll, ’cause they don’t want to get slapped by my waving arms, or burned by the fire. Intense some more. For nearly everything, I have two settings: Far Too Much, and FTM+1. The world is divided into two groups: people I love so intensely it hurts, and strangers. Even online. If you come near me, I will hug you. Male, female, old, young, if you look like you need a hug, yer gettin’ one. I am giddy with joy when someone benefits from something I’ve done. What can I make easier for you today?

Huzzah for site launch! Also for the people on this page. Y'all rock. :D Right, an introduction. Lessee. I'm Ty. I do a lot of crazy things, most of them creative: worldbuilding, writing fiction, playing and writing music, doodling, taking photos, wandering in nature, pondering philosophy and spirituality, dissecting gender (myself, I am genderfunky), loving all sorts of weird critters, and learning about truly random things. I have a haphazardly-maintained creativity blog and a zennish blog, both of which can be found via my website link attached to this comment. I also have a bunch of other stuff here and there, like a mini-site teaching people how to speak a language I'm making. Yes, I'm a geek. More specifically... Compassion and sovereignty are cornerstones of my worldview, as is the idea that life is a never-ending process of personal evolution, and growth comes with growing pains. I contemplate the human animal and the natural world and where they intersect; I'm interested in hard sciences, languages, and how the psyche works. I love exploring where metaphysics and psychology intertwine, and my spirituality is based on (quantum) science. As for the rest of it, well, it'll probably come out as I continue commenting here. :D

What a nifty idea this is! And I love Love LOVE the colors - good job, Ty and Shanna! Good Morning, Shanna  :) ~ (Oh, crap! Now I'm feeling bashful - and that's soooo not like me! I follow links all over the web, and often comment, wherever I end up.)  So, I just reread *my* whole blog - just to make sure there wasn't anything that feels really stupid now and 'needs' to be removed - and I'm pleased to report that actually, I DO write pretty well, when I finally get around to it! ;) I'm a Teacher (though of What, specifically, I haven't pinned down yet...); an over-flowing vessel; and far-too-easily-distracted by my Internal Resistance (takes the shape of arcade games, researching-to-death but Not Doing, and web-surfing, mostly) ... So, of Course!, I'm off now for one of those (here: http://livestre.am/OUXw) Lissa Boles' 48-hours-only Soul Map Community Call ... Love and Bright Blessings!  K

Whoa. Check out all the new shiny consoles and glowing buttons on this starship, dig?