Poetry, politics, music, magic, insence, candles, coffee, paper, words, activism, trees, cloud watching, yoga, campfires, making up silly songs with my kids, writing, cats, the interconnectedness of being, patchouli, playing guitar, nature, astrology. Water, air, earth, fire. Love, fear, flying, falling. Dreaming.
People who are really alive.
Cowboy Junkies, Ben Harper, White Stripes, Bob Marley, Cat Stevens, Indigo Girls, Finlayson and Maize, Skydiggers, Tracy Chapman, Jack Johnson, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Pink Floyd, Kyle Saxe, Grant and Kerri Marshall, The Doors, Natalie Merchant (ahhh Ophelia!), The Smiths, The Doobie Brothers (yep!), Nickel Creek, Cloud Cult, The Suburbs, Violent Femmes, Dan Rumsey, BLT...
Chumscrubbers, Into the Wild, Once, Anchorman, Sicko (Yep. Moving to France at first Opportunity!), The Red Balloon, home movies of the kids, Shawn of the Dead, Clerks 2, The Fisher King, Lord of War, Dogma, Bowling for Columbine, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Curious George, The Jacket, The Butterfly Effect, The Royal Tennenbaums, The Outsiders, Trading Places, The Princess Bride, historical epics, Arthurian legends (King Arthur, Tristan and Isolde)
The Seventeen Traditions, Still Life With Woodpecker, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Another Roadside Attraction, The Mists of Avalon (!!), Into the Wild, The poisonwood Bible, Whole Child Whole Parent, Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climes, The Tao of Pooh, The Good Fight: Closing the Democracy Gap, Treasure Island, Little Women, Skinny Legs and All, Rumi Poems, Piers Anthony Sci Fi, Dr. Suess, Haiku, Diet for a New America
Ralph Nader, Emily Saliers and Amy Ray, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, my Mom, my Dad, my Sons Tristan and Elijah (Max). Buddha. Danene Provencher, Ken Pentel. Rocket. Alexander Supertramp (though a terrible narcissist). Bob Marley (One Love). Kerri. Grant. Craig.