kathynorthup

 

Kathy 

I'm in awe and passionate about life, relationships, creativity. In my non-cyber life I play many roles including career counselor, artist, writer, advocate, and, most importantly, a mother to my child.

Interests

• Building snowmen and sandcastles
• wading in the brook
• climbing the waterfall
• walking on stepping stones
• growing flower and vegetable gardens
• picking periwinkles and muscles
• walking through the "secret garden"
• riding the waves in South County
• feeding the ducks at Roger Williams Park
• picnicing at Lincoln Woods
• horseback riding in Goddard Park
• skipping stones in the pond
• climbing rocks on the beach
• playing imaginary baseball like mimes
• gathering shells and stones
• making italian cookies and rice pies
• going to the Rustic Drive-In
• diving for quarters in the pool
• sewing up Teddy and Blankie
• roasting marshmallows
• creating puppet shows
• gazing at the stars
• splashing in puddles
• sledding
• tabogganing
• drawing our names and faces in the sand
• spending hours at Barnes and Noble
• attending broadway shows at Providence Performing Arts
• (all with my daughter Christiana)

Favorite Movies

• The Color Purple
• Milk
• The Changeling
• Revolutionary Road
• The Secret Life of Bees
• Notes on a Scandal
• Bridges of Madison County
• The Notebook
• A Portrait of Jennie
• A Patch of Blue
• Somewhere in Time
• Gia
• Philadelphia
• Step-Up 2
• The Hours
• Elizabeth
• The Other Boleyn Girl
• Boys on the Side
• Frances
• Playing for Time
• A Beautiful Mind
• The Miracle Worker
• Elf
• Superman
• Star Trek
• My Big Fat Greek Wedding
• Austin Powers
• Fatso
• Mr. Magorian's Wonder Emporium
• Tarzan.

Favorite Music

• Christina Aguilera
• Michael Buble
• Il Divo
• Suzannah McCorkle
• Andrea Bocelli
• Melody Gardot
• Charise
• Jane Monheit
• Paul McCartney
• The Beatles
• Eric Clapton
• The Corrs
• Natasha Bedingfield
• Kirk Franklin 
• Maroon 5
• Adele
• Josh Groban
• Michael Ball
• Rihanna
• Etta James
• Beyonce
• Black Eyed Peas
• Van Morrison
• Queen Latifah
• Lady Gaga 
• Fergie
• Norah Jones
• R.E.M.
• Diana Krall
• Alicia Keyes
• Antonio Banderas
• Fleetwood Mac
• George Michael
• Selah
• Nicole C. Mullen (and all the new songs that I learn when my daughter Christiana is managing the radio)

Favorite Books

• Mama Do You Love Me? by Barbara M. Joosse and Barbara Lavallee
• The Baby Book by Sears and Sears
• Reviving Ophelia Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Phiper Ph.D.
• The Faith of Barrack Obama by Stephen Mansfield
• Kathy Griffin's Memoirs by Kathy Griffin
• The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait by Frida Kahlo Carlos Fuentes Lowe
• Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
• The Prophet by Kahil Gibran
• The Love Poems of Rumi by Deepak Chopra
• The Bible