the natural world, especially trees, owls, all things astronomical, writing, reading, BPAL, knitting, montessori education, place based education, singer/songwriters, fine coffees, teas, candles and incense, fig, pre-raphaelite artists, history, art, poetry, gnomes, victoriana, jewelry, making jewelry, vintage buttons, lost things found, goddess, fred rogers, children's literature, libraries, museums, BBC films
I'd like to meet:
Old friends, new friends, folks who appreciate the intangibles of life, live in tune with their senses, lovers of all things beautiful and natural. Artists, poets, and otherwise interesting people.
Music:
Grateful Dead, Mediaeval Baebes, David Gray, Elliott Smith, Martin Sexton, Leonard Cohen, Cat Stevens, Neil Young, Rasputina, Tori Amos, ani difranco, John Denver, The Pogues, Joni Mitchell, Phish, Coldplay, Jeff Buckley, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, Taj Mahal, Pink Floyd, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Beck, Loreena McKennitt, Enya, Madeleine Peyroux, Mozart, Robinella, Talking Heads, U2, Yusuf Islam
Movies:
Nightmare Before Christmas, A Room with a View, Daniel Deronda, Harold and Maude, Labyrinth, Legend, Wings of the Dove, The Princess Bride, Neverending Story
Television:
Reading Rainbow, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Ovation channel, most things about nature or history
Books:
Tracy Chevalier:
The Virgin Blue
Falling Angels
The Harry Potter books
Slammerkin, by Emma Donoghue
Robin McKinley's retold fairytales
The Geography of Childhood, by Gary Paul Nabhan
David Sobel's work on place-based education and children in nature
Gathering Blue, by Lois Lowry
Heroes:
My parents, my grandparents, Fred Rogers
