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Karen and GeorgieHello, my name is [KAREN]!
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MY VITALS

Insert your profile picture here!Occupation: Activity Director
Home town: Originally from Motown, now live in Port Richey, Florida U.S.A.
Location
: England on my days off (books, movies, dvd's)
Astrological sign: Gemini



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MORE ABOUT ME...

I joined this wiki because: got season 1 DVD and fell in love with the show (see favorite movies, tv). I have found it an unending source for intelligent debate, learning and friendship.

The best word to describe me is: contemplative (see job, I need to be)

Interests: English, Scottish history, Carmelite spirituality, fashion, classical ballet, reading, art, music, biography, learning from others who have overcome various trials in life.
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Hobbies I love but have no time for: Art (drawing/cariacture), embroidery, music (former musician/singer), collecting books and perusing fabric .
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Favorite movies: Jane Austen, SHINE, The Pianist, Historical, Tudor, English/British. I LOVE MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, identify with her confusion and her tender heart.
Historical persons I most identify with: Mary Queen of Scots and St. Therese of Lisieux.

MARY STUART

If I were Queen: I would spend more time getting to know my subjects. When on progress, I would not burden them by bringing an entourage and demanding special treatment. I would dine en famille and enjoy learning about them and their families, and leave them sumptious gifts with an invitation to dine at the palace. Every woman would receive a gift of fine linen and fabric for at least one special gown. Woe unto anyone who persecuted anybody for personal faith! They would be required to attend worship services and pray with persons of the reglious persuasion which they hated. I would not attribute to myself divine qualities though anointed, but consider it a privilege to be a human agency through which God could bless people. I would probably be murdered by a pro-religion faction, but be ready to attribute it to divine providence.

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Thirty-two fouetees are 32 whipping turns on one leg and are displayed here in Swan Lake Act II with the incomparable (recently deceased) Fernando Bujones and Cynthia Gregory - who was the tallest ballerina I ever saw at 6' on pointe. If you fast forward to near the end, will see her do the turns and some MAJOR EXCITEMENT! What does this have to do with The Tudors? Fernando is the heir to the throne who falls in love with a woman trapped in a swan's body. She is under the spell of an evil magician who turns her into the black swan to lure him into being unfaithful, and she does it quite well, thank you! But it all turns out in the end. Ahhh, fairy tales...
Something I've always wanted to be able to do: 32 fouetees but more importantly bi-locate. I always wanted to be a healer.


Something I learned the hard way: Some people enjoy a lot of drama and chaos and really don't want to solve, fix or help anything, in spite of their whining to the contrary. It's hard to walk away from things when you know there is an easy solution, but I am learning to do it.
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Notice the attitude of repose and resignation on Mary's face while everyone around her is agitated. She had been in prison for so many years, and stated that there was really nowhere in the world she belonged any more. She was, at the end, anxious to "put an end to all of my troubles" and thanked the executioner sincerely. Many spectators were very moved by the dignified way in which she comported herself.

Below is a photo of me and Chrissie, a resident in my nursing home. She is about my age.

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People always ask me to: Draw them posters, cartoons and write songs about them which I do by changing the lyrics to popular songs. In my job, everyone brings people to me who are totally out of control and ask me to "give them something to do!" I usually respond that exorcisms aren't on the activity calendar (kidding).

Favorite TV shows: What Not to Wear, The Tudors, History Channel, Biography, period movies/dramas, Prime Suspect and lots of BBC things.

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My hero(es): Therese of Lisieux, Mother of Teresa, Carmelite Saints, my Bichon Frise Georgie, 2 sons and their father, Catherine of Aragon, my mother (deceased), my father (deceased) my lithuanian ex-father-and mother in law (both deceased) CHRIST, John Paul The Great, Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day (the last two particularly as they struggled with themselves throughout their lives to "be holy"
and they were prolific writers.
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This is a photo of my 2 sons and girlfriend. It was on New Year's Eve. The elder one (r) is really trying hard because it takes about 2 drinks to make him very goofy.
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St. Therese of LisieuxSt therese of lisieuxDorothy Day

Quotes from Therese of Lisieux:
"Even if I have nothing to give, I will give that ... nothing... and God will supply the rest."
"(Jesus) has no need of our works, but only of our love".

In the above statements, she shows that it is not by our own efforts alone that we are successful at anything. It is God's pleasure to work with us for all of the goals we seek, if they be for our good and the good of others.

She also settles the Catholic/Protestant argument about faith vs. works.
Her theory is that if one loves God enough and desires to please Him, any work he presents to be done will be undertaken quickly with joy. Her teaching consists of trusting God and putting one foot forward, period.

The Great Mother Teresa of Calcutta took the name "Teresa" after Therese of Lisieux, and modeled her whole existence and mission after Therese's "Little Way of Spiritual Childhood".

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My superpower is: Empathy and spiritual communion. karen exhausted



If I could live anywhere, it would be: English Countryside, manor with gardens and horses to ride.

My dream job(s): Ballet Dancer and I was always too tall and now too old. Fashion illustrator and get my kicks off Tudor Fashion and above t.v. shows. I really love Regency Fashions which are elegant but understated if they are not overwhelmed with feathers and too many layers. Love the coat Elizabeth Bennet wore in Pride and Prejudice. Don't love the tight sleeved empire waists which made the older ladies look like stuffed sausages.

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When I was a girl, I made my own paper dolls and their clothes, and fell in love with Giselle, the ballet...



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Giselle - Kirov Ballet
The famous balled "Giselle" is about a frail but beautiful peasant girl who in Act I, is duped by a noble who visits her village and seduces her when he is already engaged. When she realizes he has betrayed her, she (some say has a heart attack) and dies. She becomes a "wili", ghost of maidens betrayed before their marriages - they dance men to death who venture into the woods after midnight. When the Queen of the Wilis commands Giselle to help kill Albrecht (her love), she instead protects him by dancing with and for him until the sun arises, when he, lamenting, must put her back in her grave. The ballet is all about forgiveness and everlasting love. It is one of the most poignant - and difficult - roles for a ballerina. Giselle must be a carefree young girl and dance an emotional death scene (Act I) and appear ghostly in Act II while conveying her love. Above: Giselle dancing off Albrecht's death sentence while angry wilis watch (Kirov Ballet).

A quirky but necessary pastime: At least once a year I watch "Jesus of Nazareth" and periodically watch/read documentaries about The Holocaust to put life into context (i.e., I am luckyhome - The Tudors Wiki

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I believe: "All things work together for good for those who love God and are called according to his purposes: (Rom. 8:28); to paraphrase: God can grow roses out of dunghills.
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Princess Aurora receives roses from her courtier suitors in Sleeping Beauty's "ROSE ADAGIO".

Guilty of: Watching "Sex and the City" just for the clothes.
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Nickname: My sons refer to me as "The Cussing Carmelite" and say they'll make a holy card out of me blessing with one hand and a cigarette in the other.

What else you should know about me: God and I have a deal, and it's not about pushing religion!

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SAY HELLO! If you don't believe in God, give me all your money which says "In God we Trust" and invent your own electricity!

The following video is not my Georgie, but it shows how Bichons act after a bath. Bichon Frises were originally very popular with Royalty - they are extremely funny and cuddly. Thought I would share this joy with my wiki friends!

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tudorcrazy your profile 2 Feb 26 2009, 5:44 PM EST by tudorcrazy
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I forget to look at the profiles since i've been on so long, but on one of your posts to me you prompted me to look you up. You are a fascinating women, and we have so much in commen in our tastes. Mary Q is really how I got into this. I love her, but don't know why. I have a love for Wales, have been several times, but don't know why. I love Chants and monastic stuff, in fact I live across the street from the largest Catholic Seminaty in Phila.
Dance was part of my life through college, and I was on point at 14. Wasn't any good and had terrible discipline, but I enjoy watching, and still use bar exercises to worl out. I too have a litttle dog named Sadie, and the picture of your site of Mary with Bess of Hardwicike,i s in my bathroom. I have read her biography and highly recommend it. She was one of the weathiest women in England and quite a intersting, as one of Mary's captors.
My favorite author is Susan Hpwatch, and I HIGHLY reccomend her to you, as she writes the perfect gothic novels, but had a religious epithamy, and wrote 7 called her "Church Series" which people think are her best novels. AN ongoing debate amoung fans. She has not written a book for w hile since her St. Benits triliogy, which is about o healing center. You would love them, witty dialogue fast read, amazing characters. Anyway, she holds a chair at Cambridgem and I gather she lectures. Look her up on wikipedia, and then go to Amazon. You can get the older paperbacks for like $2, hardbacks, a bit more. Better yet, read them in hardbind from any library. They will have them all. she is famous.I see you embroider, and I was just thinking the other day how I would love to learn since Mary Q was so accomploshed, especially with all the anagrams and symbols she left us in her work,
I am going through some tough times, which you wrote me about, but I think things will work out. I am impressed by your profile page, and have to spruce mine up,
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pookiesmama I love yourprofile page 0 Feb 22 2009, 11:31 AM EST by pookiesmama
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