Clare Marie

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Triumvir: Chapter Twenty-Six | 7/28/2010
Woodpecker Outside My Window | 7/9/2010
Triumvir: Chapter Twenty-Five | 6/12/2010
hearts | 5/29/2010
Triumvir: Chapter Twenty-Four | 5/20/2010
The Chimeras of Sleep | 5/1/2010
Triumvir: Chapter Twenty-Three | 4/24/2010
A (Real) Fairy Tale: Part One | 3/17/2010
Dustfinger | 3/4/2010
Triumvir: Chapter Twenty-Two | 2/24/2010
From Diehards to Tomnoddies: a handy guide to knowing just how hyped you are over LOTR | 1/24/2010
Triumvir (previously titled "And There Were Three"): Chapter Twenty-One | 1/17/2010
Terra | 1/9/2010
The Wedding of Arthur and Guinevere | 12/17/2009
And There Were Three: Chapter Twenty | 12/3/2009
And There Were Three: Chapter Nineteen | 11/13/2009
Rest in Peace | 10/23/2009
For my Grandmother | 10/13/2009
And There Were Three: Chapter Eighteen | 9/26/2009
Arctic Explorer | 9/10/2009
Eleta: Chapter One | 9/2/2009
Eleta: Prologue | 8/17/2009
And There Were Three: Chapter Seventeen | 7/21/2009
Emptiness | 7/8/2009
And There Were Three: Chapter Sixteen | 6/19/2009
Whispers | 6/5/2009
Offering | 5/16/2009
And There Were Three: Chapter Fifteen | 5/7/2009
The Theme of Resurrection in 'A Tale of Two Cities' | 4/24/2009
And There Were Three: Chapter Fourteen | 4/19/2009
I Thirst | 4/10/2009
And There Were Three: Chapter Thirteen | 4/6/2009
And There Were Three: Chapter Twelve | 3/15/2009
And There Were Three: Chapter Eleven | 3/4/2009
Lament from a Lonely Heart | 2/27/2009
What Secrets Are Kept In The Heart Of A Queen | 2/5/2009
When the Nightingale Sang: Part the First | 1/9/2009
Snowy Night | 12/16/2008
And There Were Three: Chapter Ten | 12/2/2008
Knitting Needles Are Not For Knitting | 11/5/2008
And There Were Three: Chapter Nine | 10/18/2008
And There Were Three: Chapter Eight | 10/6/2008
And There Were Three: Chapter Seven | 9/20/2008
And There Were Three: Chapter Six | 9/2/2008
In A Fairytale | 8/16/2008
And There Were Three: Chapter Five | 8/2/2008
And There Were Three: Chapter Four | 7/8/2008
And There Were Three: Chapter Three | 6/22/2008
Forevermore: A poem of Narnia | 6/3/2008
Mother's Day | 5/11/2008
And There Were Three: Chapter Two | 5/5/2008
The Thoughts of Bilbo Baggins | 4/27/2008
And There Were Three: Chapter One | 4/20/2008
Before the Daystar | 4/9/2008
Musings | 4/3/2008
Description of Equus (A poem for horse lovers) | 3/14/2008
Meant For | 3/2/2008
Through the Mist | 2/29/2008
Autumn | 2/27/2008


Age: 16

Favorite word(s): Jesus, ludicrous, preposterous, rather, cotton-headed-ninny-muggins, riddle, tally-ho, squeal, moor, batty, botheration, tarnation, confound, grey, spit-spot, dusty, crisp, crunchy, marmalade, bizarre, emphatic, shimmer, glossy, aria, fiery, torrent

Status: Homeschooler

Who am I?

I am, among other things…

...a cradle-Catholic, a gift for which I am always humbly grateful.  I love my faith, and it has helped me to grow in so, so many ways.  I love our Blessed Mother very much, and I love many, many saints.  They're my spiritual family, my best friends to whom I turn in times of trouble.  Some of my favorites are: St. Clare (my patroness) and St. Francis of Assisi, St. Elizabeth of Hungary (my Confirmation saint), St. Juan Diego, St. Gianna Molla, St. Brigid, St. John the Evangelist, St. Joseph Cupertino, St. Lucy, St. John Bosco, St. Maria Goretti, St. Michael the Archangel, St. Agnes, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Peter, St. Margaret of Scotland, St. Therese of the Child Jesus, St. Louis de Montfort, St. Catherine of Siena, Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, Blessed Mother Teresa, Blessed Padre Pio, Servant of God Catherine Doherty, Pope John Paul the Great, and St. Joseph.  Above all, I love my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  He's my Lover and my Shepherd and I can't imagine life without Him.

 
...the daughter of two amazing parents, and the sister to five unruly -- but totally awesome -- brothers.  I love them all dearly, but unfortunately, they're beginning to go their separate ways.  With the departure of my youngest brother in the fall to college, I'll be the only kid at home.  (That'll be weird!)  As of June 5, I am also a sister-in-law. :)  (Yay, I'm not the only girl anymore!)  Oh, yes, and my brothers are all older than me.  I'm the baby.
 
...a farm girl in the making.  We just moved to a house with 8 acres, so I’m trying to convince my parents to acquire some farm beasties. However, right now, we only have "pets": four guinea pigs, two dogs, a bird, and a cat. Most of these are boys also, so it’s a very male household I live in!
 
...one half Italian (my dad was born in Italy) and one half a mixture of Irish, German, British, and Scottish descent.  I'm a mutt and I love it!
 
…a budding musician who specializes in piano playing. I’ve been playing for 10 ½ years. But I also have recently been working at improving my singing voice (I’m in two choirs). I hope to become a music therapist when I “grow up”. My top favorite music artists are Enya and Loreena McKennitt, and some others I love are (not necessarily in order): Janelle, Fireflight, Jars of Clay, Third Day, Superchic(k), Barlow Girl, Rebecca St. James, Cat Stevens, Simon and Garfunkel, some Celtic Woman, and Sara Evans.  As for composers, both classical and modern, I love: Chopin, Beethoven, Bach, Haydn, Scarlotti, Scott Joplin, James Horner, Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore, and Dario Marianelli.
 
…a friend to many amazing people, all of whom are very dear to me. I highly doubt I would be where I am spiritually if it were not for them, especially my best friends (I don’t have one, I have many!). They’re very special to me, because they accept me for who I am, and with whom I can be my nuttiest. 
 
…a bookworm who spends way too much time reading when she should be doing something more constructive. I think I must have some sort of addiction. As a friend of my mom’s put it, “Whenever I go into a library, I’m just like ‘ahhhhh’.” Yeah, that’s me. ;) My top favorite books are The Lord of the Rings, The Cloister and the Hearth, A Tale of Two Cities, and The Robe. J.R.R. Tolkien is my hero. As for other authors, there are lots and lots I love, but I don’t necessarily love all their books. I think it best to just list some books I love, and from that you can gather which authors I love and why: The Count of Monte Cristo, The Thief Lord, Dragon Rider, Inkheart, Inkdeath, A Little Princess, The Secret Garden, Little Women, A Garland for Girls, Eragon, Brisingr, The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess and Curdie, The Complete Fairy Tales of George MacDonald, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, The Good Master, Bob Son of Battle, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, The Bronze Bow, Calico Captive, Mara Daughter of the Nile, The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, Roverandom, Stars Over Llorleya (read it here on AP!), Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Seer of Secrets, All Creatures Great and Small, Indian Captive, The Anne of Green Gables series, Ella Enchanted, The Scarlet Letter, Not Without Parables, Fragments of My Life, Gall and Honey, A Cricket in My Heart, To Kill a Mockingbird, Don Camillo and His Flock, Redwall, Mattimeo, Mariel of Redwall, Mossflower, Taggerung, Rakkety Tam, (and pretty much every other Redwall book there is), Beauty, Rose Daughter, The Princess Bride, The Circle series (although I’ve only read Black and Red), Thr3e, Peter and the Starcatchers, Watership Down, Master and Commander, H.M.S. Surprise, The King Raven Trilogy, The DragonKeeper Chronicles, Auralia's Colors, Shadow of the Bear, Black as Night, Waking Rose.…and there are many more, but I think I’ve already said quite enough. :D
 
…a self-proclaimed Lord of the Rings nut (or nerd, however you want to look at it).  I’ve already said I love LOTR and Tolkien, so there’s not much else to say. I’ve read probably most every Tolkien book there is (although there are many, so I know I’m missing a few), I’m currently reading The Children of Hurin and The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, one of my many Elvish names is Galadhiril, I’ve seen both the regular and the extended versions of the movies many, many times over (as well as the fan film Born of Hope), I have the piano/song books, I have LOTR pictures plastered all over my room, I listen to the soundtracks regularly, and basically I spend most of my time daydreaming about Middle-earth (when I’m not reading, of course)…as you’ve probably gathered. My favorite characters from the book are: Gandalf, Éowyn, Aragorn, Pippin, Gimli, and Faramir; my favorite characters from the movies are: Gandalf, Éowyn, Aragorn, Pippin, Gimli, and Merry. (They ruined Faramir too much in the movies to make him come even remotely close to being a favorite character.) I’ll restrain myself from writing anymore about LOTR, because I could go on for hours talking about it.
 
…a wannabe artist who dabbles in the realm of drawing. Mostly I draw horses or people from Lord of the Rings. I haven’t taken any classes, so my drawing often leaves something to be desired; but it’s something fun to do and I enjoy it.
 
Things have the annoying habit of knocking themselves down whenever I pass by them. No, actually, I’m just a klutz. An elephant on skates. A bull in a china shop. I am also an introvert, a pyromaniac (affectionately named so by my brother), a pessimist, a procrastinator, a dreamer, and a troublemaker when I get together with a certain friend of mine.  (She’s the main character in my essay “Knitting Needles Are Not For Knitting”, if you’re interested.)  I have a fetish for spoons and have developed a fondness for cabbage and noodles.  I also have the talent of finding amusement in the simplest, everyday things (see the Knitting Needles essay).  I love sports and the outdoors, but I also love being inside with a book, and possibly a cup of tea.  I love rainy days, and thunderstorms. I love animals, especially horses. I love trees. I love flowers.  I love libraries. I love window seats.  I love the smell of freshly laid paint.  I love baking.  I love the smell of freshly baked bread.  I love my big orange sweater-coat.  I love chocolate milk. I love old books (any books!).  I love porch swings.  I love mountains.  I love being with my friends.  
 
I also love writing.  No surprise there.
 
I guess it’s safe to say I love life. Let’s hope life loves me back.
 

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