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The Face Behind The Hands

by Shelly Kneupper Tucker on June 12, 2007

face-behind-the-blog.jpg I was tagged by Derek Wong, at Going the Wong Way, for the Face Behind the Blog meme. He had a good one with pictures from his childhood and a funny current one. It’s kind of nice to have a face to go with the words.

Now, y’all, I haven’t been shy about putting my face on this blog. Heck, I’m a performer and my mug can be found in other places on the internet. That’s me on the sidebar, trying to sell you one of my storytelling cds; I put a picture of me in concert on my About page (but don’t go look unless you want to get scared silly), and I even showed you a picture of me topless! Yes, I did, because I have no shame.

shelly_pitches_a_hissyfit.JPG But, in the spirit of showing you a little about me that I don’t show you every day, I’ll give this a try. I’ll begin by admitting something to y’all that I wouldn’t tell anyone else. Let it be known that Shelly is one of those people who likes to get her own way. I don’t do it so frequently anymore, but when I was little I was good at pitching a wall-eyed hissy fit. It never did me much good, but it got the frustration out. These days, I usually hold my temper. Usually.





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When I was a little girl, I couldn’t wait to get to drive a car! As a teenager, I enjoyed driving all the time. I cruised The Drag any chance I got. The Drag? Well, that’s the main street in a small town, where teenagers with raging hormones drive back and forth trying to “see and be seen.” If you had a date you were showing off. If you didn’t have a date, you were trying to get one. I was usually trying to get one!


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These days, driving isn’t nearly so exciting. Most of my school year is spent “on the road.” I do not enjoy that part of what I do. These days, driving is a drag! And, I don’t have to worry about getting a date anymore. My husband won’t let me go on one unless he is along for the ride.





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It stands to reason that anyone who will save a worm or a turtle on the road would love critters of all kinds. I do, and for some reason I always try to get kissy-face with them. They don’t always reciprocate.


shelly_outdoors.jpgI’ve always loved being outdoors. Hiking is one of my favorite things. When I was younger, I enjoyed slalom water skiing and sail boarding. Unfortunately, the man I married enjoys none of those things, but I’ll keep him anyway. There is much to be said for vacations where one “camps” in a four star hotel and lounges by the pool.

I perform on stage a lot.
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Other than that, it’s mostly sit at the computer. Those hands you see at the top of the page are mine (cartooned so that you can’t see the knots from the arthritis!). If I haven’t bored you silly yet, you can see a streaming video of me telling stories (if you have RealPlayer) here, here, or here. Or you can view me being interviewed at North Texas State University here. They seem to take a little while to load, but it could be because my computer is wonky.

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There are several folks I would love to tag, but I don’t know if they want to remain anonymous. So, I tag the first five people who comment and say they want the links.

Related posts:

  1. Jonesing for Blogging
  2. A Ditty For Idiot Drivers
  3. Intermission
  4. If It’s Not Fun, Don’t Do It
  5. Breaker, Breaker, 1-9


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Lisa Sabin-Wilson June 12, 2007 at 9:07 am

Love the picture of you in the little car – how precious :)

Great post and thanks for the link!

Thank you, Lisa. I appreciate your visit. And, you are so welcome for the link. That’s what it’s all about.~skt

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Rammel Firdaus June 12, 2007 at 9:39 am

Hi,

Nice chronological photo order. Love those black and white photos.

Have a nice day.

Thanks, Rammel. Had to skip the teenage years, because they were too ACKK! I love the old black and whites, too. Except that they “date” me! I appreciate your visit~skt

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Dawud Miracle June 12, 2007 at 9:47 am

Thanks so much for sharing your story. I just love the photos. I’m with LIsa…the one in the car is precious.

Aww. Thanks. I tried hard not to be too overwhelming with the photos. The car one was my favorite, too. I wish I still had that little car!~skt

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Marcia June 12, 2007 at 10:52 am

I want to play, please, but PLEASE tell me you did not have to recreate ALL those links? That you can just control C them or something? We know how I do with things like that. But, I so need the excuse to go through photos. . . Annie Oakley, I was.

The car picture is adorable, an AHHHHHH.

Who took the photo of you driving? I take photos of Leon like that all the time. How come you didn’t add a link at the anger reference to the carpet?

You can play!! No, don’t re-create the links. I copied them from the other site and had to put them on a blogger template, then copy the html. You have blogger don’t you? Copy and paste should work. Annie Oakley you was? I can hardly wait. Boy, Marcia, you ask questions! My friend Cathy took the photo of me driving. I was cussing, but you can’t hear me. I didn’t add the anger link because I forgot. Nobody but you follows the links anyway :lol: ~skt

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Damien Riley June 12, 2007 at 11:25 am

I like the outdoor picture! Reminds me of camping! Cool meme. Obviously my face is all over the place . . . no need to crack any more mirrors than we need to. he he he. :lol: :lol: :cool: :cool:

Yes, but you are taking it anyway. Why? Because I said so (I sound like my mother!)~skt

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Ingrid June 12, 2007 at 11:42 am

Thank you for sharing with us! I loved this posts and the pictures are excellent! I just missed the cut off but I am feeling a similar post brewing in me so I may have to dig through the photo album and do this anyway. Is that Blog-lically correct?

Anyway, Thanks again for sharing!

You aren’t too late, and you are in the meme. Thanks for droppin’ by~skt

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Derek Wong June 12, 2007 at 12:37 pm

Thanks for playing along, Shelly! I enjoyed seeing these cool pictures of you. They definitely show a little bit of a different side of you.

And I did know that you have a lot of pictures and personal information already out there on your site, so I’m glad that you found a way to show something different.

Thanks, Derek. I resisted putting in the picture where it looks like I’m sticking my finger up my nose! :grin: ~skt

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Dennis Bjørn Petersen June 12, 2007 at 1:58 pm

Thank you very much for the link love.

I just love to see all the photos that has come out of this list!

It’s been fun seeing “who’s who,” hasn’t it?~skt

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Jessica The Rock Chick June 12, 2007 at 2:00 pm

Ohhhh, I love your pictures and the stories!!! Very cool Shelly. I would play along, but you’ve already pretty much seen every picture of me I have :shock:

Glad you think my sense of humor is healthy :twisted: I do my best…. :cool: J
Jessica

Yes, you do! Thanks for coming by, Rock Chick Sister~skt

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Jamie June 12, 2007 at 2:57 pm

Those are wonderful pictures. The 8 things I know post is up.

And, your post is the best one yet! It’s amazing!~skt

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Jen June 12, 2007 at 6:22 pm

These are great pictures of you, so animated! Alas, besides being the woman behind the blog, I am usually the woman behind the camera, but I think that I just may do this.

do you know how hard it was for us to find a car like that for our boys when they were small? Once we found two plastic knock offs, they loved them. But boy, they don’t make toys like that anymore.

No, they don’t. My boys had a plastic “beep beep jeep” that they drove into the ground :lol: ~skt

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Rory June 12, 2007 at 11:30 pm

Wonderful pictures, Shelly. Thank you for giving us a little bit of your history – and making it so entertaining.

I loved your “life in chapters” series.~skt

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David Airey :: Creative Design :: June 13, 2007 at 1:47 am

Here’s another vote for the photo with the car. Fantastic!

Thanks very much for joining in and for linking back to my site. I’ll add you to the original list.

All the best!

Wish I was still that cute, David! I appreciate that you started this meme. Thanks for visiting, too.~skt

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UKStevieB June 13, 2007 at 3:46 pm

The one’s I liked the best were of you ‘up close and personal’ with the critters, probably because I am such an lover of beasties myself. :grin:

Yeah, I have more where I’m kissing critters, but it gets disgusting after awhile. I could have posted the one with our python~skt

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Rosemarie July 1, 2007 at 11:53 pm

Great pictures and descriptions to fill us all in. Thanks for passing on the meme. I was tagged through Ingrid. Come see the face behind the voice!

PS I added you as another participant on the post.

Thanks, Rosemarie. I hope you went back to the original post to link to it. There are a lot of wonderful folks in the blogosphere who have posted the Face Behind The Blog.~skt

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