Sculpture, photography, painting, cooking, drinking varieties of tea, making music, beautiful design, in Ethiopia (yikerta, nech Habesha negn), basking in cultures and languages, eating sushi, travelling, driving, reading, writing...
I'd like to meet:
I love to meet people who have been inspired with a vision to change things.Dr Catherine Hamlin. Bono (not for his music... okay, not ONLY for the music...). Nelson Mandela. Florence Young.
Music:
I enjoy...
Al Green, Alicia Keys, Amos Lee, Aster Aweke, Ben Lee, Ben Harper, Carla Bruni, Chocolat Soundtack, Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band, David Crowder Band, David Grey, Donny Hathaway, Foo Fighters, Frou Frou, Gigi Shibabaw, Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Jose Gonzalez, Jules Riding, Lauryn Hill, Missy Higgins, Nitin Sawhney, Norah Jones, Paul Simon, Pearl Jam, Pete Murray, Peter Gabriel, Ray Charles, Remy Shand, Sade, Sarah McLachlan, Sting & the Police, Third Day, Tracy Chapman, U2.
Movies:
Favourites...
50 First Dates, Amélie, Back to the Future I & II, Beverly Hills Cop, Big Fish, Chocolat, Crash, Curious George, Dirty Dancing, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the Fifth Element, Hotel Rwanda, I am Sam, Indiana Jones trilogy, Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events, Life As A House, Life Is Beautiful (La Vita é Bella), Monsters, Inc., Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve, Osmosis Jones, the Princess Bride, Regarding Henry, Remember the Titans, the Royal Tenenbaums, the Shawshank Redemption, Singing in the Rain, Snatch, Stand By Me, Three Colors Blue, Three Colors Red, Three Colors White, Two Hands, Unbreakable, the Village, Zoolander.
Television:
A little bit of TV...
Arrested Development, Grey's Anatomy, Miami Ink, Scrubs as well as an occasional British dead guy show : Miss Marple, Poirot and Midsomer Murders.
Books:
Reading...
A lifelong love of children's books, especially beautifully illustrated pieces. Keep your eye out for mine one day.
I enjoy: CS Lewis, Frank Peretti.
Love Dr. Catherine Hamlin's biography, "Hospital by the River". She is an Australian doctor who has established a hospital in Ethiopia for women with birthing injuries.
