Elsie Austin's Profile |
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| Location: | COLUMBUS, Georgia |
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| Last Login: | Dec 23, 2009 (6 days back) |
About Me |
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| I’m starting over, as a widow, as if I’m 18 for the first time. First time in my life I’ve not been loaded with responsibilites, child rearing, man-handling, invalid mom caregiving, etc. Like it or not---I’m alone. I’m an artist (watercolors, acrylics, oils, sketch), musician (play piano, organ, keyboard, and, recently pennywhistle, plus took violins lessons also). I write stuff (2 screenplays, some novels (3), bunch of short stories, and, some poems. Mostly I have adventures with Nona and sometimes all by myself. Nona and I went to Hollywood recently, you know. They’re gonna’ put me in the movies! ha ha---remains to be seen. I hang out with an incredibly talented bunch of musicians in the NSAI, Columbus, GA, Chapter headed by Nona Christie, our "mini-driver." Go, Minnie! I’m Registrar for the steering committee of Chattahoochee Valley Writers’ Conference. We had an over the top successful conference Sept. 27-29, honoring Carson McCullars and Nunally Johnson, two prolific Columbus, GA writers. I am humbled to have been part of that. We are already hard, (guided by our able leader, John Frandsen, former professor at Auburn Univ.) at work on the 2008 CVWC to be held the last weekend in September, 2008. If you’re a writer and interested, let me know, I’ll put you on our email list. I’ve just completed National Novel Writing Month (NANO) for the third consecutive year. I can’t wait to get underway on my new novel---"Life’s a Hoot When You Kill the Bitch - or, Why I Joined a Rock Band at Age 65." If you relate to any of this, write to me and we’ll expand our universe together. I know a LOT of "happening" people. THEY are great. I am so fortunate. Elsie’s Interests: General: Writing, painting watercolors, oils, acrylics, songwriting, cooking, gardening, flowersFavorite Music: John Scott Evans, Keni Thomas, Allen Levi, Beethoven, Jim Cole, Rick Dukes, Brent Lindley, Don Williams, Joe McClure, Jim Patrick, Still Magnolias, Tim Maggart, Clay O’Dell, Roy Zito, Larry Rose, Elton John, Beach Boys, Delbert McClinton, Joe Cocker, James Taylor, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Janis Joplin, Barbra Striesand, Bette Midler, Carmen McRae, Ed CoxMovies: Groundhog Day, The Apostle, The Passion of the Christ, Fargo, Pulp Fiction, Fried Green Tomatoes, Moonstruck, Raising Arizona, Blazing SaddlesTV: Boston Legal, The Office, Dancing with the Stars, American Idol, Two and A Half MenBooks: The Bible, The Tao, Forever Amber, Gone with the Wind, I Feel Bad About My Neck, Murder in the Movies, Raising Dead Issues, Shoebox Angel, Eugene Has a DreamMy Heroes: Jesus, the Christ, the Apostle Paul, Alison, Clare and Rebecca, my three daughters; Anyone Who Gets a Grip on Life and Helps Someone Else Do the Same, Esther Luttrell, Ruth Yancey, Nona Christie, Robert Duvall Party on!....Elsie Austin | |
My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 26/11/2007Band Website: fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=221244456&MyT Band Members:Elsie, Seltz, Shelli and Elliotthttp://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user. viewprofile&friendid=221244456&MyToken=30026d0f-5f39 -436c-a0ef-afc80a15d1efhttp://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=221244456&MyTok en=30026d0f-5f39-436c-a0ef-afc80a15d1ef http://www.youtube.com/user/BCRofficial Videos..void(0) Influences: The wind in the trees, the birds’ songs, wind chimes, children laughing, a baby’s coo, Jesus, the Christ, Esther Luttrell, Nona Christie, Ruth Yancey, Janis Joplin, Carmen McRae and Barry Manilow since he "wrote the songs..."http://www.youtube.com/user/BCRofficial Videos Sounds Like: Joe Cocker with a sore throat on a really bad day. And, a bunch of alley cats rummaging through garbage cans. Record Label: unsigned Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Healing & EasyListening) |
My Blog |
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Truman's Graduate Degree |
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| Trumans Graduate Degree Truman learns to play piano and organthe usual way with insistent, clicking-ruler-wielding-instructorsmetronome ticking, ticking, tickingaway his youthdemanding his very best ... Posted by on Fri, 22 May 2009 20:48:00 GMT |
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Shall We Dance? |
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| Shall We Dance? Its just a dance, he said,nothing serious,mysteriousdelirious.A one and a twoheres me and then theres you. Just a dance, sir?Indeed!Then, youve never danced a tangowhose nuances ta... Posted by on Tue, 12 May 2009 11:25:00 GMT |
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Elsie Austin wants you to check out a tagged photo on MySpace |
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MATT.....SELF......unquote! Posted by on Fri, 08 May 2009 12:47:00 GMT |
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Miss Emmy and her grandpappy Will Dockery |
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| Okay, everyone...let's hear a collective.........."Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh"One---two---three....
..GO:Thanks for sharin', Will. Made my day. Posted by on Sat, 02 May 2009 11:33:00 GMT |
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Easter Poem |
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| Mother Mary on Easter Mourning I saw her again yesterday,---Easter morning---truck pulled alongside the county road,clearing away the bedraggled plastic flowersto assure her son she hadnt forgottento... Posted by on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:21:00 GMT |
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I Wish My Cats Could Talk |
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| I WISH MY CATS COULD TALK Id love to know what lurks behind those sly,neon-lemon/lime,almond-shaped,slant-eyed,invisible shutter-split shieldsthat ping off all my desires to communicatelike so much i... Posted by on Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:18:00 GMT |
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Marshall Ruffin in Concert/CD release |
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| Marshall Ruffin shows us one more way to get a "buzz" on...perfection...(compliments of Jon w/no "h"---who needs it---Edwards photography) Posted by on Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:13:00 GMT |
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Can It Get Any Better? |
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| The Cat's Meow...and, The Cat(Brian Fowler & Dirty Dan Davidson)2/3's of The Bibb City RamblersI Rest My (Guitar) CaseLove, love, love these guys...and, the beautiful Christie, of course! Posted by on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:54:00 GMT |
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Cliche or Not Cliche? |
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| For Sure, For Certain&For Real.... You know? Its right up my alley.Oops, I did it again.(Take my word for it.) Through thick, through thin,without or within.I was sweating like a two-bit whore in ch... Posted by on Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:24:00 GMT |
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Monkey See---Monkey Do |
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| Monkey See---Monkey Do.... Naked , I stand before you,....mind exposed like an orangutan....up a tree, munching bananas,....scratching, while you sit, camouflaged ....in the leaves, video cam on....ob... Posted by on Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:10:00 GMT |
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