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Ellen

Slainte!

About Me

There are many things I know, and many things I do not know. Currently I am enjoying this fact.

My Interests

New people - places - experiences - thoughts.Past people - places - experiences - thoughts.

I'd like to meet:

Kind folks with interesting stories and who inspire events that will one day become interesting stories. People who dare to live the life they love.

Music:

LIVE, LIVE, and LIVE. What I've been listening to lately: Chris Thile in all his variations, Taj Mahal, The Wood Brothers, The Roots, Beck, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Leo Kottke (esp. with Mike Gordon), The Grateful Dead, Phish, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Medeski Martin & Wood, The Felice Brothers, Miles Davis, Toots and the Maytals; and so on...

Movies:

Walk To Beautiful, On A Clear Day, Sketches of Frank Gehry, Into the Wild, Beyond Belief, The Great Outdoors, Big Lebowski, The Hours ....my next Netflix rental.

Television:

I'm a sucker for The Office. And really, that's it.

Books:

Let's go with authors: Kiran Desai, Jack Kerouac, Jon Krakauer, Virginia Woolf, Milan Kundera, Zadie Smith, Chinua Achebe, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Paul Hawken, Elizabeth Gilbert, Cormac McCarthy, Paul Hawken, Tracy Kidder, Pablo Neruda, Anne Sexton, Wendell Berry, and much more.

Heroes:

Family and friends near and dear to my heart.