b/w, travels, words, all things far away, peter, clouds in general, outside, meterology, music, surnames that end in -sky, retrievers, exploring, spelling, economics, maps, bridges, mountains, trains, banjos, and grammar.
((consult ipod)) over the rhine, gillian welch, josh garrells, andrew bird, iron & wine, simon & garfunkel, waterdeep, bonnie prince billy, mr. sufjan stevens, radiohead, the shins, rem, the cure, johnny cash, kings of convenience, linford detweiler, pink martini, etc.
yes.
no.
douglas coupland, rohinton mistry, annie proulx, paul auster, john steinbeck, anne lamott, albert camus, barbara kingsolver, sarah hepola, kent haruf, david sedaris and so on and so forth