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Stirling D. dreaming the world into being ping Stirling You are not connected to Stirling D. The Basics Location: Poughkeepsie, NY Gender: female Profile updated: Jan 31, 2010 Last signed in: Jan 30, 2012 Member since: Sep 12, 2006 Friends view all » MW Q. Nauman Malik Kathryn Esplin Sherry J. ♠~Dnbuster~♠ ~. Alison H. John Doyle Barbara H. Erin E. Grunewald Groups view all » .....The Poetry Review..... The Reader's Lounge Gather's Luminous Writers and Artists Gather Writing Essential Word Painting Poet's Weekly Muse Artistic Therapy .....The Bloggers Review..... The Triple Name Club Stirling D.'s Popular Tags poetry (12) shedding light (10) salud (8) tibet (7) tibetan (6) free verse (6) reflection (5) poem (5) novel (5) mcleod ganj (5) winter (4) life (4) india (4) author (4) freedom (4) shedding (3) relationships (3) dalai lama (3) fantasy (3) buddhism (3)

Status Stirling wants to be able to ride bicycle to the beach Spotlight The Right Place at the Right Time recommended: 8 | comments: 54 There's nothing like being at your own book signing.  I guess maybe it's just that I feel at home in my own skin as a writer. There were six authors on the balcony overlooking the first . . . more My Book Signing in Poughkeepsie - Sat. Jan. 17th, 1:00-4:00 PM recommended: 3 | comments: 19 Stirling 's Activities view: all activities posts photos videos comments status changes profile updates new friends pings left and received groups joined groups created group comments recommended Stirling is now friends with MW Q. 4:12AM EST Stirling replied to a comment by Stirling D. on More Than You May Want To Know ~ For Shedding Light ~ First Step Jan 30, 2012 11:50AM EST "LOL. I have no room for them, either! But remember some of the beautiful covers of the past? Bitches Brew, for instance. And Incredible String Band's Hangman's Beautiful Daughter cover." more Stirling replied to a comment by Stirling D. on More Than You May Want To Know ~ For Shedding Light ~ First Step Jan 30, 2012 11:25AM EST "Oh, I see. And they are real "albums" from the days we had albums? I wish I still had some of my old ones, if nothing else, for the beautiful covers." more Stirling commented on the post More Than You May Want To Know ~ For Shedding Light ~ First Step by Granny Janny Jan 30, 2012 9:31AM EST "I love these little snippets. All together delightful! And oh, d'etre en Paris! Lucky you. I didn't know about the children's albums. Now I must find them. That's a great photo of you." more Stirling commented on the post More Than You May Want To Know ~ For Shedding Light ~ First Step by Granny Janny Jan 30, 2012 9:30AM EST "I love these little snippets. All together deilghtful! And oh, d'etre en Paris! Lucky you. I didn't know about the children's albums. Now I must find them. That's a great photo of you." more first | prev | next About Me People say I'm: tranquil. I may seem tranquil on the outside, but on the inside ... the fire burns. Describe Yourself: just another human being trying to get through life with a good balance of joy, honesty, serenity, encouragement, meaning, seriousness, creativity and above all kindness. On Gather, I'm Looking For ...: inspiration from other writers Interests Lately I've been listening to: Democracy Now on the radio every morning I'm currently reading: The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson The last movie I watched was: This is It My must-see show is: Yoga Zone ... a half an hour of bliss I'd love to visit: Lapland, Mongolia, Laos, Cambodia, New Zealand I'm curious about: almost everything Topping my Wish List is: world peace Favorite Music, Artists, Genres: old timey blues by mostly long-dead African Americans but not all dead and not all black, really fast banjo playing, Tibetan dranyen music (acoustic and I like the old folk songs the best), classical Tibetan dranyen, every kind of drum known especially tabla, classical sitar music and the oceanic Indian style of singing, real jazz especially vintage Miles Davis, Abdullah Ibraham (formerly Dollar Brand), edgy folk music especially by Kevin So whose lyrics are great and whose voice is better Favorite Books, Writers, Genres: too many to list, but I'll name a few - Dune (read 7 times), To Kill a Mockingbird, Lost in Translation (not the movie--this one is about a woman in China), Sven & Svea or Tales of Lapland (out of print), Bangkok 8, Return of the King, A Gesture Life, Astralagus (in French), No Colder Place, The Incomparable Prince, millions more Favorite Movies, Actors, Genres: where do I start? I like Forrest Whittaker, Clive Owen who (almost) never smiles, Meryl Streep, Gerard Depardieu, Peter Falk, Linda Hunt, Claire Danes, Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand, Gene Hackman, Wesley Snipes, Lhakpa Tsamchoe, Toshiro Mifune, Danny Glover, Morgan Freeman ... Favorite TV Shows, Actors: Masterpiece Theater, Law & Order reruns, any psychological puzzle with dramatic overtones ... also The Daily Show, South Park and BBC World News. Favorite Places: Nam Tso, Mt. Kailash, Mcleod Ganj, Mumbai, New York City, Montreal, St. Louis, Cape May Point, eastern shore Maryland, Iles d'Orleans, Grand Tetons, Saga, Naddi, Sebastopol, Pokhara Interests and Activities: meditation, walking, writing, painting, dancing, singing, writing, laughing, traveling, writing, studying Tibetan, learning about climate change ... Wish List: have more personal time, world peace, see my son have a stable life, world peace, my husband to be happy and get the life he wants, world peace, go back to Tibet again, do a retreat in Nepal, see my friends in Bombay, retire in India and last but not least, world peace Affiliations Political Affiliation: I am a pacifist, radical utopian who avoids debate. Candidates I support: pacifists, international uniters, champions of the poor Religious Affiliation: Buddhist Employers: Best job was working for the Curator of Slides at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Worst job was MIS Manager for a venture capitalist. "How to surf the capricious wave during long-term burnout" should be on my resume. Colleges: like so many of my generation, I dropped out several times ... attended Randolph Macon Woman's College, Immaculata, Washington University, U. Mass Boston and SUNY Purchase. Major: English Lit. High Schools: I was miserable in high school. I really only had one friend. He was a genius who played the piano and wrote his own symphonies, read Marx and Tolstoy on his own in 8th grade, and eventually got drafted and went to Viet Nam. I don't know where he is now but I heard he came back and was living in the Radnor Train Station playing music for the ballet. He was hopelessly in love with a blond sophomore who didn't know he existed. We were a lot alike in that sense because I was in love with a green-eyed athlete who married someone else. Anyway, high school was 50 years ago, so who cares? Other Affiliations: human race Websites: www.phayul.com Ping Me You cannot post a blank ping. You're all pinged out (too much of a good thing is a bad thing). close Displaying 10 of 111 Pings | View all » Nauman Malik, Jan 15, 2012, 10:42AM EST Hi, Looking for your votes on my photo entries in Climb for Change Photography Competition, here is the link to access it http://bit.ly/wqYRVE Though the process to vote is tedious, once you are in the Facebook App and allow it, you can vote against all of my photo entries. Thanks and its so nice of you. view Nauman's profile | Ping Nauman Sherry J., Oct 31, 2011, 5:43PM EDT Happy Halloween! view Sherry's profile | Ping Sherry Stirling D., Jul 4, 2011, 11:10AM EDT So glad see you back, Minnie. Welcome! Love your icon photo, too. Poetry breaks our hearts and lifts our eyes to inspiration ... don't ask me why I wrote that, it just came out. :) A good day to write in the sun and get away from the computer ... view Stirling 's profile | Ping Stirling MW Q., Jul 2, 2011, 2:09PM EDT Hi Stirling :) Back here after three years ! Strange.. but stranger is the feeling that I know this place. Minnie. view MW's profile | Ping MW Mariana T., Mar 18, 2011, 7:48PM EDT Stirling - no, it's me, I'm scrambled as I normally am on Friday's - sorry about the confusion - I'm in the haplo C group on mama's side - they traced my DNA to Brazil but I want to get another update (if available) to bring me up to Brazil. It takes about six weeks, I think or maybe three - not sure -enjoy. Salud view Mariana's profile | Ping Mariana Mariana T., Mar 18, 2011, 7:26PM EDT Stirling - I went through National Geographic for the DNA test not Ancestry.com. Salud view Mariana's profile | Ping Mariana Dr. Ashok Saxena, Mar 15, 2011, 11:08AM EDT dear thanks, ilearn that indians now are not allowed to write on gather, ishall miss u if u ever visit to india please do visit my place gorakhpur from where u can go to kushinagar where lord Budha attained maha parinirvana view Dr. Ashok's profile | Ping Dr. Ashok Sandi S., Mar 14, 2011, 9:08PM EDT tranquil... Now that's a good thing to be! (Just reading over your profile here! Hope you are having a good day, Sterling. :) I saw you on Kathryn's post of Selene's poem and clicked over to say hello!) view Sandi's profile | Ping Sandi Stirling D., Jan 30, 2011, 4:39PM EST Good idea, Shira. Maybe I will. view Stirling 's profile | Ping Stirling Shira C., Jan 30, 2011, 4:11PM EST And Losing Your Religion would undoubtedly like to see them, too! view Shira's profile | Ping Shira view all Pings » top