Family, Garden, music, HIstory, digging in archives and writing articles about it
everyday people, hear their story, find out their interests. And also: Charlemagne, Deepak Chopra.
Renaissance, jazz, and I mean real jazz
Babette's feast
Larry King, documentaries, old movies, historical series
"The Slave" by Isaac Bashevis Singer; Chesapeake by Mitchener
My mother, she stood straight and gracious against the tides, and is forever grateful for every small gesture ever come her way.