beautiful things, books and nature, my pets and most animals, astrology, hiking, my students, decorating our new home, conversation, art - especially Mark Rothko, Basquiat, Annie Farrar, and Andrew Goldsworthy; feng shui, my plants, chickadees, sushi, traveling, car trips, phone calls, writing letters, making collages
Friends - both near and far.
Tracey Cooper, TV on the Radio, Thievery Corporation, Postal Service and Deathcab for Cutie, Tosca, NoTwist, Iron and Wine, downtempo - especially NinjaTune; Yo La Tengo, soulful house, Little Brother, Murs, LTJ Bukem, Guns N Roses, Massive Attack
Garden State, True Romance, Sound of Music, Benny & Joon, Lord of the Rings, Charlotte's Web, Wizard of Oz, Dirty Dancing, Waking Life, Whale Rider, Where the Day Takes You, Outsiders, Kill Bill, Amelie
My Name is Earl, The Sopranos, The Wire, and cartoons - especially Boondocks, Robot Chicken, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Perfect Hair Forever, Milk Chan, Futurama, Smurfs, Family Guy, and Chobits
A Wrinkle in Time, Prodigal Summer, Abarat, Cavedweller, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Wizard of Earthsea, Wicked, Sandman comics, Jazz by Toni Morrison, Written on the Body, Flaming Iguanas, The Secret Garden, Stargirl, Where the Red Fern Grows, The Good Earth, A Thousand Acres, The Golden Compass
Madeleine L'Engle, Paulo Coehlo, my Mom and Mamaw, Neil Gaiman, Amelia Earhardt