Buddhism, meditation, crofting, chickens, ducks, green lifestyle, traditional Celtic music (play the wooden flute), Gaelic, glaiketness.
Used to write comedy many years ago - managed to even get some sketches on Hale and Pace (who?)... had started writing as wanted to be an 'actore' and needed an equity card but no jobs so wanted to create my own work... never got the equity card. Had babies instead.
I'd like to meet:
No one specific, but do like to meet up with friends for a natter or to meditate together.
Music:
Capercaillie, Eddi Reader, Lunasa, Ella Fitzgerald, Runrig, Mozart, Talking Heads, The Corries, Wynton Marsalis, Mike McGoldrick, Conal O'Grada, wooden Irish flute music, Old Blind Dogs
Movies:
O Brother, Where art Thou?
"Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... And Spring"
The Life of Brian
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Television:
Ray Mears 'Wild Food', various documentaries, not much else as TV seems to be really banal these days with reality and celebrity competitions.
Books:
Meditation, by Kamalashila,
Wild Mind by Bodhipaksa,
But Little Dust by Padmasuri,
currently reading "The Yearling" by Marjory Kinnan Rawlings - now a 'classic' that kids in the US are made to read for High School English and get tested on. What an excellent way to put folks off a good read - make them do it for English!
Heroes:
The Buddha, Sangharakshita, Dr Ambedkar, Mahaprajapati (the first Buddhist woman!) and ordinary people who do extraordinary things everyday.
