The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary stretches for 276 miles of federally protected coastline, and its waters are home to some of the most ecologically diverse forms of ocean life on earth, including fish, marine mammals, seabirds, and plants. When I learned that I could go kayaking there, I first thought-awesome! I could use the exercise and sunshine, and I've been hankering to see some harbor seals (sort of a local nature celeb) during their pupping season. So long, fanny-packed tourists trapped on the shore! I would don water-protective gear and paddle away near the seals, as well as otters, loons, cormorants, pelicans, and all the other little fish, invertebrates, and creatures that make their homes in the area's huge swaths of kelp forest.
Betcha never thought a banana could perform the same function as a sewage plant. Well, think again. At an biolab in Massachusetts, researchers are experimenting with
Interests: Anything with an ING: dancing, biking, listening, talking, writing, reading, watching, eating, drinking, running, thinking, working, dreaming, surrendering, laughing, smiling, acting, traveling, singing, surfing, driving, shopping, thanking, observing, welcoming, connecting, loving, learning, sharing, practicing, asking. I love supermarkets in other places, lyrics to songs, seeking out gluten free food, responding to questions and surveys, finding deals and bargains, doing public relations for anyone/anything I believe in, good conversation, sociological observation, the beach, early mornings, condiments and spices, vitamins and minerals, alternative medicine, nutrition, holistic health, fitness gum, coffee drinking, gun chewing and sitting in the steam room.
Inspiration: Books: Letters to a Young Poet, Rainer Maria Rilke
Music: Linkin Park and The Cure
People: My mother and all of those that have come before me that have fought their own battles and didn't give up.
Places: Carl Schurz Park, New York, NY
Movies: In Search of a Midnight Kiss, Stealing Beauty, Beautiful Girls, When A Man Loves a Woman, In America, Magdelene Sisters, The Notebook, Run Fat Boy Run
Things: Causes worth fighting for: Lupus and other auto-immune disorders, Organ Donation and impoverished and at-risk youth.