Living, loving, rocking, relaxing!
Instant connecters and mutual bon vivants. Magnificent cooks. My ancestors. My grandchildren.
So much.... Iron & Wine. Queen! Tom Waits. Fruit Bats. White Stripes. X. Talking Heads. Ed's Redeeming Qualities. Classical cello. Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians. The Soft Boys. Wilco. Old 97's. Kronos Quartet. Juana Molina. Okkervil River. The Geraldine Fibbers. The Breeders! The Pixies! Sparklehorse. Neko Case. Calexico. Starlight Mints. Camper Van Beethoven. The Knitters! More....
Boy howdy, millions. Stiff by Mary Roach. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion. Population: 485 by Michael Perry. Killing Yourself to Live by Chuck Klosterman. Asassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. A History of The Senses by whatshername. And Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. The Book of Lists by Wallace and Wallenchinsky. Tons more.
Always, Cathy Dethmers for being amazingly strong and diligent, making our dream come true; she is the meaning of "community". Dave and Grace Hinzman for knowing what's important. Grandma Irene for going back for the baby when she was 18. Linda Marine. And, truly, Matthew for just being so amazing.