I'm a water-loving Pisces.
I still love going to concerts. (recent shows include Paul McCartney, Bob Weir, Zero, and all the wonderful shows at Gathering of the Vibes.)
I read constantly.
hiking, swimming, cooking
I'd like to meet:
Wo-oah, what I want to know is are you kind?
If so, it would be cool to meet you.
Obama in '08!
Music:
I'm a FOG-Head!
Suzanne Vega
Grateful Dead
Todd Rundgren
Moody Blues
Ani Difranco
Zero
Steve Kimock's other projects
QMS
Peter Rowan
Frank Zappa
David Bowie
Jefferson Airplane
Queen
Pink Floyd
Inka Inka
Steely Dan
Joanne Rand
Beatles
Tracy Chapman
Natalie Merchant
Bob Dylan
Movies:
I don't watch many movies because I'm always reading the book before they make it into a movie. But a few that come to mind right away are:
Boyz N the Hood
A Hard Day's Night
Benny and Joon
Mary Poppins
Television:
I turn it on when there are election results to watch. I haven't been blown away by anything since they cancelled My So-Called Life. MTV was great in the Eighties when it was 24/7 music.
Books:
2008:
see my reviews of all these books at richiespicks.com)
Lockhart, E. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau- Banks.
Saenz, Benjamin Alire. He Forgot to Say Goodbye.
Myers, Walter Dean. Sunrise Over Fallujah
Schmidt, Gary D. Trouble.
Nye, Naomi Shihab. Honeybee.
Pearson, Mary E. The Adoration of Jenna Fox.
Volponi, Paul. Hurricane Song.
Bryant, Jen. Ringside, 1925: Views from the Scopes Trial.
Porcellino, John. Thoreau at Walden.
Gould, Peter. Write Naked.
Bauer, Joan. Peeled.
2007:
(Flinn, Alex. Beastly.
Compestine, Ying Chang. Revolution is not a Dinner Party.
Brooks, Martha. Mistik Lake.
Strasser, Todd. Boot Camp. .
Ackermann, Joan. In the Space Left Behind.
Korman, Gordon. Schooled.
Resau, Laura. Red Glass.
Zevin, Gabrielle. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac.
Lubar, David. True Talents.
Buckingham, Royce. Demonkeeper.
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Twisted.
Hughes, Mark Peter. Lemonade Mouth.
Lester, Julius. Cupid.
Miles, Victoria & Molly Bang (ill.). Old Mother Bear.
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert. The Off Season.
Myers, Walter Dean. Harlem Summer.
Peck, Richard. On the Wings of Heroes.
Reinhardt, Dana. Harmless.
Schmidt, Gary D. The Wednesday Wars.
Thompson, Kate. The New Policeman.
Trueman, Terry. 7 Days at the Hot Corner.
2006:
Saint Iggy by K.L. Going
Black Duck by Janet Taylor Lisle
The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin
Sins of the Fathers by Chris Lynch
Crispin: At the Edge of the World by Avi
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn
What Happened to Cass McBride by Gail Giles
Blind Faith by Ellen Wittlinger
A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life by Dana Reinhardt
Escape:The Story of the Great Houdini by Sid Fleischman
The Loud Silence of Francine Green by Karen Cushman
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
Grand and Humble by Brett Hartinger
Fly by Night by Frances Hardinge
King Dork by Frank Portman
Chew on This by Eric Schlosser
Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman
Street Pharm by Allison van Diepen
Hit the Road by Caroline Cooney
Notes from the Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick
2005:
Ball Don't Lie by Matt de la Pena
A Room on Lorelei Street by Mary E. Pearson
Invisible by Pete Hautman
Harry Sue by Sue Stauffacher
Day of Tears by Julius Lester
The Boyfriend List by E. Lockhart
A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb
Fade to Black by Alex Flinn
Spacer and Rat by Margaret Bechard
Totally Joe by James Howe
Full Service by Will Weaver
Dark Angel by David Klass
Under the Persimmon Tree by Suzanne Fisher Staples
An Innocent Soldier by Josef Holub
Black and White by Paul Volponi
The Trouble Begins by Linda Himelblau
John Lennon by Elizabeth Partridge
Let Me Play by Karen Blumenthal
Hitler Youth by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
10,000 Days of Thunder by Philip Caputo
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Heroes:
Jesus
MLK
my grandfather Rex Partington
David Brower
John Lewis
Graham Nash, John Hall, and all of the MUSE participants who are still out in front making a difference.
Jimmy Carter for asking my peers in the anti War Movement to come home from Canada and for providing tax incentives for solar energy.
All of my beloved author and illustrator friends (You know who you are!)
