My world is made a lot better by my best friend Cricket and the boys in our lives.  Here they are, in no particular order:

So here I am in the real world.  This is from a photo shoot that took place for the show that I'm in.  We used my fantabulous Nikon to take pictures of the people we would be portraying.  Noreen took this of me, wearing a Hill Tribe hat.

Cricket likes the "saintly" uplifted eyes.  I think I was looking up to stretch my chins out!

This is my new photo, as I just started the Animal Behavior College.  I started a blog, to record my experience.  Don't go there yet.  It is just a wisp of an idea.  I may just write it all here, because I'm layzee!

EDIT:  Well, I changed my avatar yet again, to a sketch that I did.

That sometimes deadly shape-shifter water is our friend, our life.  We are filled with her, surrounded by her, fail without her and are made of her.  She travels via heat in steam, flows in eddies, streams and tides, causing pause with snow and ice, floating in beads of soft fog.

I offer you some fog, some water, some mist.

Sometimes we are blessed by people who are guided by a spirit that is more concerned with healing. The obvious choices are Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Ghandi, Mother Theresa and all those who served as the Prophets that guide our spiritual beliefs. Some are lesser known as they toil in their area of compassion. You know who they are, but most likely they will die without ever making it to the Oprah Show.

I invite you to look at a memorial to the life of Kevin Carter, who was a shining example of a life that went far beyond the usual realms of caring. He used his camera to document the incredible suffering that our fellow humans, especially children, experience. It is an awful, tragic and deeply moving tribute to his life's work.

I recommend that you watch it more than once, as it will shock you. But I think it's important to be shocked now and then. Perhaps this will help you to decide what's really important in your life. Which may make you, ultimately, a better being.