Contemporary art, urban history, photography, the nature of things, the things of nature, travels and sojourns.
"hearts full of youth, hearts full of truth... six parts gin to one part vermouth"...and/or people who will make me feel idiotically happy.
Current Listening: BBC R3, Artie, Basie, Billie, John Dowland, Architecture in Helsinki, The Books, Cole Porter, Vaughan Williams, Ensemble Celadon, Kronos Quartet, Final Fantasy, Ensemble Clement Janequin, Jefferson Airplane, Kristin Hersh, Marc Silver, Thievery Corporation, Steeleye Span, Gavin Bryars, Rimsky-Korsakov, Trio Mediaeval, Jethro Tull, Hilliard Ensemble, Flanders Recorder Quartet, and mixes from Bren, Net, and Lars.
Anything starring Tilda Swinton or Myrna Loy, or directed by Ferzan Ozpetek or Hayao Miyazaki.
Current Reading: Saki, Jeanette Winterson, Cabinet Quarterly; Favorites: Patrick Gale, Alan Hollinghurst, Christopher Isherwood, M.R. James, Don Marquis, Iris Murdoch, J.D. Salinger.