ENDURANCE

Getting around to joining TuDiabetes has been a long journey. I've dealt with this thing mostly alone (save my immediate family and friends -- wonderful support, but it's tough being the only diabetic in the crowd!) for nearly 23 years, and mostly by ignoring the crushing anger and helplessness that flare up from time to time. I tend to deal with everything else in life head-on, so this inconsistency has always bothered me. Until recently, I wasn't sure what to do about it. Anyway, here I am, ready. I think.

Things I Love:
Being married to The Best Man On Earth. Being mama to Luke. Love, enthusiasm and bravery. Writing. Travel. Singing, playing and listening to music. Film. Linguistics. Coffee, chocolate and gin. Language. Interior design. Color, typeface and whimsy.

Favorite Music:
Nick Cave, Neil Finn, David Bowie, The National, The Arcade Fire, Cole Porter, Beethoven, Mozart, Leonard Cohen, Pulp, Split Enz, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash.

Favorite Books:
Pattern Recognition (William Gibson), Endurance (Alfred Lansing), The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje), Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino), Einstein's Dreams (Alan Lightman)Elimination Dance (Michael Ondaatje), The Tipping Point (Malcolm Gladwell), The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis), A Little Princess (Frances Hodgson Burnett), Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (Cornelia Otis Skinner), The Bible.

Favorite Films:
In My Father's Den; The Age of Innocence; Les Parapluies de Cherbourg; Amelie; Lost In Translation; It Happened One Night; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; Brazil; Labyrinth; Dear Frankie; Young Frankenstein

And That Television Thing:
House. That's it. I love me some House.

Other Places To Find Me:
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