writing, dogs, the GREAT outdoors, VT, attempting photography, live music, traveling, general tree huggery..
antigone rising, springsteen, john butler trio, the killers, chad perrone, joss stone, grace potter and the nocturals, keane, damien rice, david gray, james morrison, wilco, travis, brandi carlile, guster, the damnwells, allman bros, regina spektor, indigo girls, radiohead, ray lamontagne, averi, CCR, pearl jam, norah jones, john mellencamp, ryan adams, steve miller band, styx, janis joplin, tracy chapman, vanessa carlton, van morrison, etc.
into the wild, raising arizona, one flew over the cuckoos nest, edward scissorhands, forrest gump, good will hunting..
the office.
lolita, resurrection of a life, the woman who walked into doors, box of matches, ishmael, she's come undone, the beans of egypt maine, ethan frome, love in a time of cholera, the satanic verses, any KEROUAC, THOREAU, etc. poets: william saroyan, erica jong, pablo neruda, naomi shihab nye.
my brother's friend lance who saved me from drowning in a pool that had 1/2 foot of water in it. i was 3. subsequently, i named my care bear after him. his legacy lives on.