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Interviews
As I board the plane, to my destination, I am just so excited. I am taking a short flight to Mystic Connecticut. Where I will be meeting Sole's Denounce, One in Six Billion. In no time at all we are flying over the green rolling hills of Connecticut , which have become well known for their beautiful fall foliage, slowly we begin to see what looks like old farm properties . The flight attendant announces "we will soon be landing, And upon coming up on the shore where the airport is located we will see many historic homesteads, river front cottages and beach houses along the shore. Now you've entered the tax me state... Enjoy your stay ".
Since Sole` has never seen me, I gave him a short description. Look for a small ‘40 Something' looking woman with shoulder length auburn hair, Blue eyes and a Smile from ear to ear. Sole has told me to look for him holding a single yellow rose and his heart on his sleeve... Smiling with anticipation of the day at hand.... (Wow, what a thoughtful young man, Absolutely Charming)
Now with our initial "Hello's" and a quick hug, (I immediately feel welcomed and completely at ease) we are on our way. Sole` tells me that we are going to visit Mystic Seaport. 'The Museum of America and the Sea' --it is the nation's leading maritime museum. With shoreline art, antiques, and vessels, where you can Explore American maritime history firsthand as you climb aboard historic tall ships, stroll through a re-created 19th-century coastal village or watch a working preservation shipyard in action.
I chose Mystic village because it is filled with so many attractions Mystic Aquarium, and Connecticut beauty, with cottage homes beautiful shoreline overlooking historic homes and ships made of the most beautiful woodworking and iron....
'You get a real sense of the past here, as if Columbus was gonna sail into port.'
They also have The Mystic Aquarium where you will find the most beautiful indoor coral, many exotic and native fish species, the largest model replica of the titanic, and many of the submersibles used in the study of the ocean abyss.
He wants to show me The Maritime Gallery, the nation's foremost gallery specializing in contemporary marine art and ship models. Where they are
currently there doing a Large Art Expo. While we stroll the Village, I begin to ask Questions.
Mouse:
"Is there anything in your real life that is a
direct result of your time on Blogstream?
Sole: “I’m afraid to say, yes. I think we all take on a little of the blog post mentally, I hate to say it but when I see people doing stupid things, you can't help but to think of what a great post it would make. I also bring a lot of my artistic ability to the stream, through emotions I try to convey with sound and pictures many of which I personally created or altered. I feel it has helped in my feed my creative desires both on and offline."
Mouse: "What was the most fun you ever had on Blogstream?
Sole: “That would have to be my first Saturday night blog crawl Hosted by
Bella from Bella's Gotta Brand New Blog! It was great to have a forum where people could get together and share their creativity with like minded people with a common goal of having a good time and listening and sharing to great music."
Mouse:
Speaking of good times, Sole` tell me a little about yourself...do you have a
"Favorite alcohol beverage”?
Sole: “That’s an easy one, Tequila sunrise!!! I'm not a big drinker but when I do decide to get a little crazy nothing gets me going like a good dose of vitamin C
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Directions: |
Fill blender with ice. Pour 2 parts tequila in, pour 10 parts orange juice in, pour 1 part pineapple juice, Blend to slush. Pour in glass add 2 parts grenadine. Watch grenadine sink to bottom. |
Mouse: So tell me, what is your favorite food and can we have the recipe?
Sole: “My Favorite Dinner would be
Chicken Marsala with parsley potatoes. Marsala wine sauce has its own distinctive complex aroma that tantalizes the taste buds and sends the olfactory senses into a spin. Chicken Marsala is a famous Italian recipe. The key ingredient which gives chicken Marsala its distinctive sweet flavor and aroma is Marsala wine."
INGREDIENTS:
· 4 boneless chicken breast halves without skin
· 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
· 1/2 teaspoon salt
· 1/4 teaspoon pepper
· 1/2 teaspoon basil, dried
· 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
· 3 tablespoons olive oil
· 4 to 8 ounces fresh mushrooms, sliced (1/2 to 1 cup sliced)
· 1/2 cup Marsala wine
PREPARATION:
Pound chicken to 1/4" thickness between 2 sheets of plastic wrap. Combine flour, salt, pepper, and basil; mix well. Heat oil and butter in a heavy non-stick skillet over medium high heat. Dredge chicken in seasoned flour mixture. Cook chicken until lightly browned on first side (about 2 minutes). Turn chicken and add mushrooms around the chicken pieces. Cook about 2 minutes more, until lightly browned; stir. Add Marsala wine to pan. Cover and simmer 10 minutes. Serve with hot cooked pasta or rice.
Mouse: "What is your nationality or ethnic background?"
Sole: " I'm 25% Italian, 25% Irish, 1/4 English, 1/4 Welch, but more Importantly 100% star dust, yep I said it, because when it comes down to it, we are all a make up of the the atoms born of are cosmos, water (Co2) being made up of the oldest atoms, at 13 billion years old, which makes up 80% of our body. So for your cosmic age just add on 13 billion years. It's truly amazing if you think of it all on a cosmic level...
Mouse: "Do you have any family traditions that you celebrate every year because you're (Irish, Italian or whatever)?"
Sole: “Turkey on Thanksgiving, Ham on Christmas, and your choice of meal on Your Birthday... Nope we're pretty Americanized."
Mouse: "What is the most embarrassing thing (that you're willing to tell) that has happened to you?
Sole: “Some things are better left a mystery......."
Mouse: "Your middle name?
Sole: “Richard after my Father."
Mouse: "Last book you read?
Sole: " That would be Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan, I feel he is one of my most inspiring authors, he truly understood our place in the universe as a species, and the harm we have done to our planet."
Mouse: "What is your favorite word?"
Sole: "Thanks, is one of favorites, and it usually comes with a Smile"
Mouse: "What is your favorite quote?
Sole: "I am a fragment of a mirror whose design and shape I do not understand...
Nevertheless, with what I am I can reflect into the dark
Places of the world...
Into the dark places in the hearts of women and men, and maybe help with change in some people, and perhaps
Others will see and do likewise...
This is what I am..... This is the meaning of like....Alexander Papaderos."
Note: Alexander Papaderos.
A doctor of philosophy, teacher, politician, resident of Athens but a son of this soil. At war's end (WWII) he came to believe that the Germans and the Cretans had much to give one another -- much to learn from one another. That they had an example to set. For if they could forgive each other and construct a creative relationship, then any people could.
Mouse: "What is your least favorite word?
Sole: “Extinction is a pretty scary and permanent word"
Mouse: "What turns you on [creatively, spiritually or emotionally]?
Sole: “Creatively I am inspired by Emotions, and some of the greatest emotions for me come from Mystery, Life's Journey’s, Comedy and Tragedy."
Mouse: "What turns you off?
Sole: “I am turned off by Arrogance, Ignorance & Repetitiveness."
Mouse: "What is your favorite curse word?
Sole: "F*cker, is definitely on the top of my list." (Laughing)
Mouse: "What sound or noise do you love?
Sole: “I love the sound of the thunder in a darkened sky, lit only with strikes of lightning..."
Mouse: “What sound or noise do you hate?”
Sole: “Without a doubt alarm clocks”
Mouse: "What would be your favorite smell?
Sole: “I love the salty brisk smell of autumn in New England."
Mouse: "What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Sole: “I would love to be a NASCAR driver, I love to go fast and live dangerously."
Mouse: "What profession would you not like to do?
Sole: “I would not like to be a Doctor, They deserve all the respect in the world, but I could never be able to deal with the constant suffering of patients, and to have to be the bearer of bad news."
Mouse: “What 5 CD's are currently in your player?”
Sole : " There are so many influential artists ,but if I had to limit it down - right now it would be 3 Days Grace, The Police, Coldplay, Gary Jules, and of course the old Metallica."
Well here are at the end of our tour through the art gallery, It was amazing, all that we saw and talked about. I am totally enjoying the company of someone so engaging and articulate. Sole tells me that he plans for us to go grab a bite to eat, and says he has somewhere interesting to take me.
We are going to eat at the Famous Mystic Pizza. This is was the inspiration for the 1988 movie classic Mystic Pizza staring Julia Roberts.
It's been more than a decade since the movie 'Mystic Pizza' put a little pizza parlor in southeastern Connecticut on the map. Visitors to Mystic still flock to the restaurant, though, to catch a glimpse of movie memorabilia, to savor 'a slice of heaven' and to wish fervently that their waitress will look just like Julia.
As we settle in and order, I still have questions.....
Mouse: "If Heaven exists, what would you like God to say to you when you arrive?
Sole: “Oh, they let you in; they're really getting lax at the gate I see.”
Mouse: I loved seeing the Art Exhibit, and you do such great Images on Your Blog and for others on the Stream, tell me about your connection with art.
Sole: "it's about going into one's self and creating"
Mouse: Tell me how you chose your Blog Name?
~Definition:
Sole:
alone
Denounce: To make adverse comments, to go against
This... I feel captured my essence , as so many times in my life I have felt alone in my thought process, not wanting to accept what I was being fed to me, about life and its expectations. I feel there is so much more to all of us and we need to find it................
(“to stand alone, refuse the facts...speak my truths, what matters to me")
I feel I bring my artistic point of view on messages of self awareness, inner strength and battles, and my journey for Cosmic answers and the bigger picture.
I try to see the truth and beauty in all things good and bad... The stream also allows me to indulge my artistic endeavors by giving me a palette to paint for the world...
What Makes me different......
I feel I see through images, meaning some need verbal direction to get where there going, and I have always needed to see' the map' ..I must be able to visualize the process. It’s not about the pictures and objects - it’s about the feelings that they reveal the process of getting there..... This in turn allows me to display my message with pictures as well as words. I have never been a writer, but the stream allows me to speak in images... I get to show you the life I see, and then hopefully let you feel it.....
What do I hope to take away from the stream?
A better sense of self awareness, possibly the ability to positively affect another person, a greater sense of people’s perspective, and good friends.....
Mouse: "Name the 5 bloggers you want to meet.
Sole : " I would love to explore The Mountains with you , Mouse / Life's Lessons Endings & Beginnings , Discuss Metaphysics with Dragonflower from Soul Quest , go Horseback riding with Dixie from My Life On The River II, Go Shopping with Bella from Bella's Gotta Brand New Blog! , and Explore the Moon with Decorous from MindPower , and Catch a Show with Misty from LIFE IS NOT ONE BIG JOKE."
Mouse: "If money was no object and you could go anywhere you want with the bloggers of your choice, where would you go and what would you do?
Sole: “I would like to go Scuba diving to explore the Great Barrier Reef off the shores of Australia."
Mouse:
That sounds so 'Cool', Sole` what an awesome way to enjoy being with your Blog Friends.
As we finish our Pizza, I know our visit is coming to an end and I have a plane to catch. What a nice way to spend a day, with a Friend, the beautiful New England Shore Line, sunshine and saltwater breeze. As we say our goodbye’s and makes promises to visit again. I leave with a certainty that this is a Friendship that will continue to grow. Thanks for a Wonderful Visit, Sole` ~
