reading, hiking, fishing, camping, throwing pottery, gardening, birdwatching, anything with nature and animals, photography, studying cultures, belly dancing, traveling, playing with dogs, hanging out with my cats, listening to my grandparents' stories, and chillin' with my friends
honest, kind, open, fun, down to earth people
mostly the blues (Robbie J for sure!) and rock (Jimi Hendrix rocks!), but I listen to a bit of everything...from world to hip hop to zydeco... some of my favorites are Pearl Jam, Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, Portishead, Bob Marley, Loreena McKennitt, Nirvana, Neil Young, Jimmy Reed, Slim Harpo, The Yardbirds, George Gerswhin, Suzanne Vega, Nick Drake, Dave Brubeck, Glenn Miller, Capercaillie, Solas, The Cheiftains, Radiohead, Etta James, Nina Simone, Cream, Susan Tedeschi, Ray Charles, Mahalia Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Rosie Ledet, George Lewis, Woody Guthrie, Fairport Convention, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Dana Hubbard, Bob Dylan, James McMurtry, Jefferson Airplane, Tom Waits, Dire Straits, The Doors, Ravi Shankar, Inlakesh, Aesop Rock, Fiona Apple, Cat Power, The Andrews Sisters, Blackalicious, Jack Johnson, Black Sabbath, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Louis Jordan, Odetta, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Patty Larkin, Sublime, PJ Harvey, The Waifs, The White Stripes, The Beatles (you know what I'm sayin' honey pie), John Lee Hooker, Lightnin' Slim, Bukka White, Little Milton, Honeyboy Edwards, Ma Rainey, Alberta Hunter, Bessie Smith, Memphis Minnie, Victoria Spivey, Trixie Smith, Alan Lomax field recordings, any Library of Congress recordings, and lots more...
O Brother Where Art Thou, The Last of the Mohicans, Alice in Wonderland, Fried Green Tomatoes, Dances with Wolves, A River Runs Through It, Sirens, Forrest Gump, Apocalypse Now, Corrina, Corrina, Steel Magnolias, When Harry Met Sally, The Secret of Roan Inish, Big Fish, Something To Talk About, Best In Show, Driving Miss Daisy, Band of Brothers, Gone With the Wind, Platoon, American Beauty, Lolita, Bull Durham, The War, Rear Window, Rabbit Proof Fence, Paradise Road
All nature documentaries, interesting shows where I might learn something new, and of course slothypie no-brainer junk tv sometimes too
To Kill a Mockingbird (I love and adore Atticus!) Stand Still Like the Hummingbird, The Odyssey, The Winds Of War, Animal Dreams, Pigs In Heaven, The Lovely Bones, The Secret Life of Bees, In Pharaoh's Army, all Harry Potter books, The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Little Alters Everywhere, Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man, Walk Two Moons, Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series, Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum novels, anything by Sandra Cisneros, Toni Morrison, and SARK, also books of short stories, and any and all field guides.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Eleanor Roosevelt, Harper Lee,