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Many Cats Manor
I'm not getting older, I'm getting bitter
Paid Account, Created on 13 January 2004 (#1880400), Last updated on 22 May 2013 [Gift]
- Name:
- dark_phoenix54
- Birthdate:
- 27 December 1954
- Location:
- Sandpoint, Idaho, United States
- Schools:
- Figaroa Street School - Los Angeles, CA (1960 - 1961)97th Street Elementary School - Los Angeles, CA (1961 - 1967)Bret Harte Junior High School - Los Angeles, CA (1967)Henry Clay Jr High School - Los Angeles, CA (1967 - 1969)George Washington Preparatory High School - Los Angeles, CA (1969 - 1972)Grossmont College - El Cajon, CA (1973 - 1977)
- Interests: (150)
- a.s. byatt, agf, alice hoffman, all things gothic, alt.gothic, alt.gothic.fashion, altered art, angel, angela carter, art deco, art nouveau, art quilts, arthurian legend, arts & crafts movement, asian clothing, asian culture, bast, bats, beading, beads, bella morte, books, british isles, buffy, cats, celtic culture, cemetaries, charles de lint, charmed, china meiville, chocolate, classical music, costuming, crazy quilting, crows, csi, cyndi lauper, dark plants, dean koontz, decorating, diabetes, discworld, dita von teese, diy, dr. who, dreams, dreamwork, edgar allen poe, edward gorey, egyptian religion, embellishment, embroidery, england, ethan morddan, fantasy, fashion, faux finishing, fiber arts, fish, free speech, gardening, gay rights, geisha, geysers, glitter, goddess spirituality, goth, gothic gardening, graveyards, great goddess, halloween, hapa, harry potter, hecate, herbs, high heels, history, house m.d., house md, incense, iris murdoch, japanese culture, jazz, jean shinoda bolen, jewelry, jonathon carroll, joseph campbell, joyce carol oates, jung, kali, lace, leopard print, libraries, lightning, lucid dreaming, makeup, making jewelry, manx cats, memoirs of a geisha, miles davis, music, mythology, ncis, needle arts, neil gaiman, neurology, nineteenth century, nonfiction, oscar wilde, perfume, plants, polymer clay, pre-raphaelite art, pre-raphaelites, psychology, ravens, reading, redecorating, roses, rosetti, samhain, sewing, silk, siouxie and the banshees, sociology, spicy food, steampunk, switchblade symphony, tank girl, tarot, tea, thai food, the cure, the rippingtons, the simpsons, thrift shops, thunderstorms, tim burton, torchwood, urban fantasy, van morrison, velvet, victorian, victoriana, vintage clothing, william morris, witchcraft, women's spirituality, writing, yellowstone
- Bio
- I'm an elderGoth, part Asian, part Spanish and part Caucasian, married, mother of 5 cats and some fish. My husband and myself used to run a small greenhouse/nursery, but that failed. We also do house painting, gardening, and anything else we can find work doing. Husband just got a job at Walmart, doing maintenance. I do garden writing, and hopefully, someday, other writing, as well as doing crazy and art quilting, sewing, remaking and repurposing things, and making beaded jewelry. I grew up in Los Angeles, spent several years in San Diego,and have lived in north Idaho for 26 years now. I have almost finished faux finishing just about every room in this house. It is, of course, being decorated in Goth style! I am a liberal, a pagan and a witch.
I suffer from a variety of chronic illnesses (and get passing viruses VERY frequently due to a poor immune system) so I end up with a lot of posts whining about how I feel.
A Cast of Characters for my journal:
Tim- common law husband of 21 years. A much better deal than the first husband.
George- Tim's father, 84 years old, lately went through some very bad health problems and almost died. He has been like a father to me for all these years. Owns the property we live on and has a log house here, but spends a lot of his time over at his girl friends place in the Tri-cities. R.I.P. June 22, 2009
Chris- Tim's brother. Has small house up on the hill behind us.
Sideshow- oldest cat, black and white tuxedo Manx with six toes. RIP March 14, 2013
Banshee- middle cat, my darlingest baby sweetheart. Long haired black.
Natasha- Formerly known as the youngest cat, abandoned by her feral mother on our doorstep. Bottle raised her. She's insane.
Silver- Next to last addition (he is younger, but not the Youngest Cat referred to in my journal to this point). Grey male dumped in a friend's yard when he was about 6 weeks old. At first he was a lap kitty, but Banshee adopted him and now he only plays and sleeps with Banshee. *sigh*
Luna C.- fluffy gray female. She was abandoned when Colin's neighbor moved away. He couldn't take her in because he has an older, chronically ill cat that pretty much hates all cats. So he paid to have her checked out medically and now she's ours.
I'm the Spokane Gardening Examiner http://www.examiner.com/gardening-in-spokane/laurie-brown?no_cache=1362423237
My writing on Associated Content:
Laurie Brown's Contributor Profile - Associated Content
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I own the Yahoo Gothic Gardener's email list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GothicGardeners/ and the Gothic Decor group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gothicdecor/?yguid=61442094
My blog: http://manycatsmanor.blogspot.com/ This is where I talk about crafting and gardening
My book blog: http://bookwormismytotem.blogspot.com/
My Etsy store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/ManyCatsManor