Imagination...

"I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections and the truth of imagination."
~Keats

Foxmorton's Really Big Newspaper Interview

Ok....so Big Pirate Small Ocean......or something like that.

Had the honor of being interviewed as a pirate by a local newspaper.

Oddly....the article was titled: FACES.........but they neglected to publish a photo....which, in my small mind, rather defeats the issue of 'people you see in your neighborhood' though mayhap they were thinking it more like a treasure hunt.........sort of like Where's Waldo only with my face.....

Hmm.

Wonder what debauched piratical deed I'd need to do to get the front page.......
;)

Enjoy if ye've a mind to!

Fair Winds....
~Foxmorton
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The article as it appears in the Liverpool Review (sans photo):

Name: Cap’n Mimi Lily Rose Foxmorton
Piratess, The Bloomin’ Bloomer
but ye can calls me ‘Foxmorton’…everyone else does……

Family:
Aye well, me crew be me Brethren but I’ve a lover-ly lass of a daughter and three grandchildren whose names I’ve changed… for one thing to sound more piratey but mos’ly to annoy their Mum…
and me own heart and soul me scurvy Yellow Dog…who be as loyal and faithful as ye can ask for…
Violet, me second cousin thrice removed who looks quite a bit like me but she’s not as nice..and me own Mum,
Nana Daisy Rose Foxmorton who’ll be 97 this year provin’ pirates is hardy stock though she’ll be yellin’ at me whence she reads the 97 part…


Where do you live?
Inside me mind in a reality of me own makin’…and I doubt ye’ll find anyone to argue the point…


How long have you lived in the area?
Since pirates landed on the shores of Clay….1745 I believe…give ‘er take…


What is your career/occupation?
Pirate Captain…Master o’ Quill & Pen…Goddess o’ Frivolity and Fourth in Line to the Pirate Throne…



How long have you been in your career/occupation?
Aye, I be a pirate by blood by nature and by choice…


What are your responsibilities within your career?
Aye well….besides the obvious pillagin’ and plunderin’
there be raids, festivals, treasure seekin’, tall tale tellin’ and the occasional gathering of the Nine Pirate Lords for tea
and a rousing game of BUNCO.


What are the highlights of your career?
Hooks down ‘twould be winnin’ the 2006 TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY
BUCCANEER BACHELOR writing contest… which were a good thing as it ne’er occurred to me to lose…….


What are the challenges?
Well…avoidin’ the British Navy…findin’ just the right kicky little pirate accessories…and worm rot…ye can never be too careful when it comes to worm rot…


What do you most enjoy?
Aye…me and me Yellow Dog standin’ side by side at the bow of a ship with the wind in our hair and the spray of the sea on our face…in sooth I ask for naught more than that…

What are your hobbies? Sword fightin’…treasure huntin’…scurvy tales… and crocheting chair doilies…..


Do you have a favorite book? What is it and why is it your favorite?
Under the Black Flag: The Romance & Reality of Life Among the Pirates by David Cordingly…..and all the Pooh stories. The former bein’ the definitive code for pirates and the latter bein’ everything ye ever wished to know about livin’ yer life. Though for double quick-like reference I keep Pirattitude by the Pirate Guys handy at all times. That’s more than one book, isn’t it?


If you could have dinner with anyone, living or dead, who would it be and why?
Aye well…..that would be Grania O’Malley the Pirate Queen and She-King of the Irish Seas…for she were as graceful as she were courageous…and a wondrous role model…well, assumin’ ye overlooks some of the piratin’ bits that is…



What is something people wouldn't know about you?
I be terrified of water what be over me head…but don’t tell anyone….


How do you deal with tense situations?
Aye then….that be the beauty of it……when there be a pirate in the room everyone else is always a wee bit more tense than yer ownself…….failin’ that there be No Quarter (mercy) Given in me life fer tense situations…..I jus’ broadside ‘em!




What are your personal and/or professional goals?
Stayin’ true & honest to meself ‘till Neptune calls me home…..


~Foxmorton encourages everyone to embrace his or her ‘Inner Pirate’ and discover the Gift of Freedom
your imagination can bring! She believes imagination to be the most supreme power one can possess and hopes you’ll use yours often…..

International TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY every September 19th,,,,,,Please Comply.


You can contact Foxmorton at (email deleted)org where she spends time disguised as a senior events coordinator and director of the Royal Fairytale Children’s Theatre and
CHAOS Productions Pirates for Hire Street Theatre troupe.


MLRF '08

OVERHEARD....

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Throughout the year I keep a notebook handy to jot down various things that I overhear.....movie quotes that strike me and the like. I'm not sure why. I just do. And when I look back on it sometimes I'm not even sure what compelled me to choose them in the first place. But spontaneous choices they were.....so I thought I'd share them with you......

I'd love it if you shared your own favorites with me........

So, in no particular order.....

THINGS THAT STRUCK ME THIS YEAR

1. "What are we supposed to do with that thing with all the words on it?" ~said to me by small child on second day of theatre class. She was referring to the script.

2. "The future is right behind us." ~said by small boy at storytelling birthday gig when I asked where was the future.

3. "Aye. Ye can say anything ye likes long's ye has a smirk on yer gob and a passable accent." ~Merlyn of Merry Mischief

4. "I'm not a big fan of mustard." ~incongruously said by small boy who was upset because his parents were late picking him up. He said they were having hotdogs for supper so I thought to cheer him up by saying pretty soon he'd have a big hot dog with lots of mustard.

From THE BEALES OF GRAY GARDENS

( I adore these docu-movies by the way.......talk about disconnect from reality....they make me look average.....)

5. "She said I was having a nervous breakdown and ought to go to Atlantic City. I'm not that broken down yet!" ~Little Edie

6. "I can't figure out if he's Jimmy or Pinky. Has he got one eye or two?"

(Off screen camera man) "One."

"Then it's Pinky." ~Little Edie

7. "I used to sit out here for hours. Then I found out it annoyed everyone in East Hampton." ~Little Edie

8. "It's the revolutionary costume. I never wear this in East Hampton." ~said by Little Edie while wearing an upsidedown skirt and a sweater on her head.

9. "It's a perfectly enormous cake!" ~Big Edie

AND OTHER VARIOUS MOVIES

10. "I'm sorry. But you don't know Miss Mayor Starks, son. She don't play no checkers."

"She do now." ~from Their Eyes Were Watching God

11. "Eternal damnation for one night with Cazenova? Seems fair." ~from Cazenova

12. "Be the flame....not the moth." from Cazenova

13. "Men. The most absurd of God's creatures." ~from Batman and Robin

14. "I'll bring the wine. You bring your scarred psyche." ~from Batman Forever

15. "Complications arose, ensued and were overcome." ~from PotC2

16. "I do want to know what it tastes like." ~from PotC2

17. "Sometimes the Road Less Traveled is less traveled for a reason." ~Jerry Seinfield

18. "Mister Darcy? I should more easily forgive his vanity had he not wounded mine. But no matter. I doubt we shall ever speak again." ~from Pride and Prejudice

19. "Dear, you cannot invite people to other peoples Balls." ~from Pride and Prejudice

20. "Are you looking for someone?"

"No, not at all. I was just admiring the general splendor." ~from Pride and Prejudice

21. "It would be most inconvenient as I have sworn to loathe him for all eternity. ~from Pride and Prejudice

22. "You have bewitched me body and soul and I love...I love....I love you. I never wish to be parted from you from this day on." ~from Pride and Prejudice

And perhaps my favorite of all said by two of my elderly ladies while apparently discussing my hermit existence and apparent lack of man in my life.....

23. "Are you a 'lespian'?

"Of course she's a 'lespian'.....she does theatre."



And there, but for the Grace of the Goddess, go I.............

Blessed 2008 Luvs......pirate on.......

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Again the Ghost sped on, above the black and heaving sea -- on, on -- until, being far away, as he told Scrooge, from any shore, they lighted on a ship. They stood beside the helmsman at the wheel, the look-out in the bow, the officers who had the watch; dark, ghostly figures in their several stations; but every man among them hummed a Christmas tune, or had a Christmas thought, or spoke below his breath to his companion of some bygone Christmas Day, with homeward hopes belonging to it. And every man on board, waking or sleeping, good or bad, had had a kinder word for another on that day than on any day in the year; and had shared to some extent in its festivities; and had remembered those he cared for at a distance, and had known that they delighted to remember him.A CHRISTMAS CAROL

FATE....

“`Wouldst thou' - so the helmsman answered-`Learn the secret of the sea?
Only those who brave its dangers comprehend its mystery!'”
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow



MLRF '07

FORGE....

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.”
~Rabindranath Tagore



MLRF '07

FIND....

"for whatever we lose (like a you or a me) it's always ourselves we find in the sea."
~e.e.cummings




MLRF '07