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Created: 11th December 2000

Ariel's Garden

Welcome...

It's odd to think that out of the myriad of places there are to go on the net, here you are. So, welcome to my corner of the virtual universe. I'm glad you are here.

Then again, I don't believe in accidents.

I feel obligated to tell you something about myself. Perhaps the most important tidbit is that I'm human (I've learned to assume nothing). Female, specifically.

You're still here? OK, let's see what else.... A mom, a neuroscientist. A New Yorker exiled to Texas. An occassional artist. A writer. A peace activist.

I love books the way a fat kid loves chocolate cake.

A gardener.

But enough about me. Now it's your turn, Unknown Visitor.

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	Name: Ariel Last posted: Apr 7, 2004

	Researcher Number: 163274

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CONVERSATION	COMMUNITY	LATEST POST	LATEST REPLY

Edited Guide Writing Workshop: A615395 - Reincarnation and Re-cycling	h2g2	No Posting	Nov 26, 2008
h2g2 Book of Condolence	h2g2	Sep 18, 2001	Sep 11, 2007
Weird archaic page	h2g2	No Posting	Feb 15, 2007
New Coming up	h2g2	No Posting	Feb 15, 2007
You�re Booked, Ariel...	h2g2	No Posting	Jan 7, 2007
UnderGuide Gem Polisher Calling ...	h2g2	No Posting	Sep 1, 2006
aha...	h2g2	No Posting	Sep 1, 2006
Your entry has been submitted to 'Alternative Writing Workshop'	h2g2	No Posting	Mar 16, 2006
-ive	h2g2	No Posting	May 29, 2005
What I think and stuff.	h2g2	No Posting	Oct 25, 2004



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You�re Booked, Ariel...		Jan 7, 2007
UnderGuide Gem Polisher Calling ...		Sep 1, 2006
aha...		Sep 1, 2006
Your entry has been submitted to 'Alternative Writing Workshop'		Mar 16, 2006
Amen to that.		Oct 16, 2001
Hi Ariel!		Sep 24, 2001
fiddle music		Sep 18, 2001
Don't you ever post?		May 21, 2001
Congratz		May 2, 2001
Compassion and Empathy		Apr 11, 2001


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Gardening
May 29, 2003

I feel there is more to this digging in the dirt; more to the careful tending of these little genetic packages. For me, it's a bit of a meditation, a balancing of my karma.

My efforts have been rewarded by corn stalks beginning to leap upwards, racing with the sunflowers who are very imposing along the back fence. The green beans are struggling and the blueberries are slow, but the tomatoes, onions and the herb patch are all brilliant. Perhaps the peppers will come around soon, as well.

I had the first bits of fresh basil sprinkled on pasta at dinner last night and the flavor just exploded in my mouth.

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looking around the old place
Feb 10, 2003

It's a bit like visiting an old apartment one used to live in. Strangely famliar; the past echoing oddly in the corridors of the present.

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Vacation
Aug 24, 2001

Vacation was great; I want to move to the Texas Hill
Country and live on a ranch. It is just so gorgeous there;
peaceful and green with lots of rivers and horses.
We stayed in a little cabin in the heart of the State
park, surounded by nothing but trees but furnished
with air conditioning for comfortable sleeping. We
swam in the Guadaloupe River which is wide and deep.
We went on a trail ride up and down the hills in the
early morning, Emma and I both on a strong, good
natured horse named LBJ. That horse was a wonder.
Emma was sitting side saddle for comfort. When the
trail narrowed, he made a point of brushing against
the trees away from where she was sitting. Twice he
lost his footing going down rocky trails and twice
he butted us up under him, got his footing, took a deep
breath and went calmly on. We both gave him a big
hug when we got back. We went on a few short hikes and
saw a four point buck up close. The sky was bright
with stars at night. We told funny scary stories
which were less funny when we were alone at night
wondering what that knocking sound was (a deer). We
made really good chilli and corn bread for dinner
and had chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast. We read
lots of Harry Potter and found a great combination
coffee shop/auto parts store that made the BEST
cherry pie I have ever tasted and has music on Friday
nights.

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Taking a break
May 29, 2001

Life is busy, right now. Its all good, so I'm not complaining, but I will be absent from here for a little while while I focus attention on other things. Like the two new puppies that seem to have weedled their way into my house while I wasn't looking. Darn those large eyed, furry mammals.
I'm looking forward to my little girl's summer vacation the same way I used to when I actually got a summer vacation (only 2 more days of school! Yay!). Looking forward, too, to having this grant done and submitted by July 1. The lab is crazy right now. Too many experiments to do.
In the mean time, I am playing my fiddle and drums and my brand spanking new digeridoo (my neighbors must really love me). Exploring some new music and writing music with my friends. My kiddo walked in while I was playing Swallowtail Jig (and making a real pig's ear of it, I might add) and her eyes got wide. "Wow! Mom! You're good!" Heh... such is unconditional love.
And so, adieu until later!

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Daughters
Apr 12, 2001

My daughter and I visit our friends at their house on Sunday afternoon. I am welcome there, even in my sweaty clothes after rehearsal. The four of us sit on the sheet spread in the backyard, tempera paints in little pots, a myriad of brushes, and lots of brown cardboard squares piled up. This is how we get re-acquainted after time apart. We sit, chat, and paint. This is a language we all are comfortable with.

The girls are bold and make wonderful swirls of colors running altogether before they leap up and disappear inside. Trisha and I stay outside and paint, talking the way women do when they are alone and not self-conscious.

The girls reappear.. these miraculous blonde offspring from two dark-haired mothers, down the porch steps they fly, each sporting layers of shimmering cloth and brightly colored feathers like two exotic birds suddenly released from captivity.

They announce that they are Wild Fairy Princesses and flit around us in brilliant flashes of light and color. We are the calm at the center, the point they orbit around in all their frenetic glory. I am sure my heart will burst from the sheer beauty of them. I love their wildness, the fierce determination of their imaginations as they create a world together in that backyard and grant these two mothers the honor of brief passports to that wondrous place of being five years old, when the world was full of possibilities and could be made into exactly what you wanted by uttering the magical words:

"Mommy! Pretend that .....!"

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ID	TITLE	COMMUNITY	STATUS	CREATED

A12825344	Grandfather's Fiddle (UG)	h2g2	-	Jun 29, 2006
A1064035	"Tattoo"	h2g2	-	May 29, 2003
A577019	Hearing the World Around Us	h2g2	Edited	Jul 31, 2001
A533161	Miscarriage	h2g2	Edited	May 1, 2001
A534377	Grandfather's Fiddle	h2g2	-	Apr 11, 2001
A516548	Taiko - the Way of the Drum	h2g2	Edited	Mar 13, 2001
A507773	Miscarriage	h2g2	-	Jan 11, 2001
A502606	Hearing the world around us.	h2g2	-	Jan 4, 2001
A490826	Ariel's Good Books List	h2g2	-	Dec 13, 2000
A490655	Taiko: The Way of the Drum	h2g2	-	Dec 12, 2000

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