Motherhood, ecology, wildlife biology, nature, the weather, writing and observing, music, loving my husband and two boys, painting, gardening, surfing, sculpting, meditation, eating organic, being a good friend, honesty, kindness, peace, love, trying to live life to the fullest extent possible.
people that are enthusiastic about life, enthralled with the beauty of the earth, and full of hope. I could not argue with any one and say that it does not make my heart heavy every day to walk the earth and notice the state of things. However I refuse to allow the negativity that has become an epidemic to infiltrate my mind. Negativity is an illness that is rampant in this day. This is a downward spiral for the world. I encourage every one I know to stir up the positive engery within, become the change you want to see in the world. Swing the momentum the other way, bring hope to other peoples lives, tell them the way you really feel, laugh more with your kids, pick up trash on the ground every day, join a friend for a commute to work, eat lunch outside, notice the little things in nature, smile more...It all starts with you.
Sean Doyle on Drums, Mason Jennings, Shinyribs, The Gourds, Zanesville, Junior Brown, Nervous Turkey, Steve Earle, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Gov't Mule, Legendary JC's, Mofro, Blueground Undergrass, Will Quinlan, John Mayal, Hot Tuna, Taj Mahal, Yonder Mountain String Band, Donna the Buffalo, Okkervil River, Rory Gallagher, The Young Dubliners, Pat Dunlea, Wolf Tones, Brendan Nolan, Ry Cooter, Ron Johnson, Leftover Salmon
O Brother Where Art Thou, Vernon Florida, The Quiet Man, Waking Ned Devine, A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999), True Romance, Run Lola Run, Rob Roy, Everlasting Piece, Blazing Saddles, Master and Commander, Gladiator, Superbad. Favorite surf films: Adrift, Longer, Shelter, Big Wednesday..."Hey mister, are you a surfer?"..."No kid, I am just an old garbage man"...
The Weather Channel
James Michener's Mexico and Caribbean, any thing written by Bernd Heinrich, Zora Neal Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, Tales of Old Florida, Wild Fruits by Henry David Thoreau, Silent Spring and Under the Sea by Rachel Carson, Black Elk Speaks, Zen meditation afirmations by Thich Nhat Hanh, Field Guides for Plants, Trees, Reptiles and Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, etc., Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, The Gazetteer for any state - I love maps!
Sean Doyle because of his patience and joy in Fatherhood, My Dad because he raised me solo for the first six years of my life, Jane Goodall because of her loving and beautiful spirit, Bernd Heinrich because of his incredible writing ability and observations of nature