strong as hell but not hickory rooted
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burning violins. sense memories. the apple barn on 169. big trees. small pleasures. cooking. trying not to eat butter. trying to eat olive oil. cleaning my carpet with a cat brush. the autoharp. writing and discarding. including. zazen. norwiegan forest cats. thinking about traveling. being a homebody. baking bread. cleaning my room, but never my car. borrowing my parents records. i'm not interesting.
people with passion. or people who like the soap opera passions.
folksy and bluegrassy stuff (thanks, pete). bartok (thanks, pete). jefferson airplane (thanks for the records, dad). many i discovered on my own...
american beauty. everything is illuminated. tsotsi. elizabethtown. i also liked the 40 year old virgin a lot...i cannot tell a lie.
food network.
Quite Early One Morning and other collected stories.
My folks. Hands down.