Bee-keeping, gardening, music-...discovering new artists, singing along with old ones, downhill and cross country skiing, hiking-trailblazing, community service projects, exploring new places, and reading in my spare time.
Thich Nhat Hahn, Ghandi, John Lennon, Neil Young, The Weepies, Paul Brady, Scott Adams, Gary Larsen, Annie Lamont among others.
Music for the mind and soul. Barefoot Truth, Paul Brady, Josh Ritter,The Weepies, Neil Young, The Cankickers, The Pogues, Rivergods, Nick Drake, Patti Casey, The Bodeans, The Dhuks, Crowded House, Dylan, Allman Brothers, Dixie Chicks, Cathy Ryan, Leo Kotke, Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane, Youngbloods, Zinc, Byrds, Beatles, John Prine, Eurythmics, U-2, Altan, Marley, Na Lua, Kila, Kilt, Oysterband, Brigid Boden, Cheb Mami, Cherish the Ladies, Paul Simon, Cat Stevens, early Fleetwood Mac, Marianne Faithful, Cat Mother, Zappa, Miles Davis, Al DeMiola, 8 1/2 Souveniers, Sineed O'Connell, Steve Tannen, Amy Mann, Pink Floyd, Bonnie Raitt, Joni Mitchell, String Cheese, Rusted Root, Dispatch, O.A. R., Jack Johnson, Counting Crows, REM, Who, The Band, The Grateful Dead, Yes, .....oh let's just say almost anything, except the commercial pablum and top 40 crap/rap.
Forrest Gump, Harold and Maude, Off the Map,LOTR, Sleeper, Crash, Paperclips, Ameilee, Chocolat, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Wedding Crashers, Pink Panther, Mask, Heart of Gold,Shrek, Fahenheit 9-11, Bowling for Columbine, indie films,
Kill your television, .........
Any Wendell Barry, Deep Survival, any Barbara Kingsolver, Secret Life of Bees, Bourn Identity, McCarthy's Pub, Deception Point, Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening, ABC/XYZ of Bee-Keeping, Robert Frost's poems.
A.W. Root, Jimmy Carter, Neil Young, my family