Changeling

Hi everyone! I got here from Nervousness.org and love mail art/ swaps! Favorite themes are tree of life, nautical, celestial, saints, tiki, cherries, lucky beckoning cat, retro, and animals. Fav color is blue. Interests are reading, writing letters, hiking, vege cooking, gardening, tea, friends & family, cross-stitch, creative writing, more reading, nature walks, pen palling, and my two cats. I'm a big history and mythology buff with a special interest in fairylore, Appalachian ballads and ghost stories. I like about everything and don't have allergies. I collect interesting stones, feathers I find, figurines of mice, paper ephemera, old boyfriends :), interesting animal bones I find in the woods, and especially religious art of all faiths. I like to burn candles. I work in a library but have also worked as a museum curator and archivist and hope to do full-time archival work again one day.

I like most styles: bohemian, chic, girly, goth, medieval, retro, vintage, Asian, Indian, Arabian, etc. My least favorite styles are country, which is odd because I luuurve the coutryside, and primitive.

Love beckoning cats but cannot find them much around here. Crows are cool too! I can always use headbands.

For the Dark Hearted group: some of my favorite out of the norm themes are Victorian mourning art, exploring old graveyards, unedited fairy tales, comparing older folklore with urban legends, pirates, and ravens.

I like learning about the Unseelie Court (dark fairylore).

I'm also interested in cabinets of curosity and did a fun cabinet of wonders swap in the past where we traded mini-cabinets of "mock wonders."

Celtic, old-time Appalachian, novelty, sea songs. Has anyone heard of the Celtic band, Uncle Dirty Toes? They are one of my favorites. Also, the fun pirate band, The Jolly Rogers. More mainstream people I like are Paul Simon, Sting, and some fun punk groups.

Babe, Muppet Treasure Island, Apoc. Now.

I have Tevo but I usually just end up watching PBS. :)

PBS stuff, History Chan, Discovery, Chan, etc. I'm such a nerd. Nova, anyone?

ATCs, crochet blankets for charity, cross-stitch, collage.

About the only things I don't like are dogs (sorry), monkeys (sorry) and cig smoke. Also, loud and rude people. Please do not send any loud and rude people in a swap.

Here is a bit of a poem I like.

The moon-bird's head is filled with nothing but thoughts of the moon and when the next rain will come is all the rain-bird thinks of. Who is it we spend our entire life loving?

~Kabir~