i'm too damn young to have so many grey hairs..
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vary, but for now: old backlist stamps, pewabic pottery, stained glass windows, handspun and dyed yarn fer knittin', a damn good cup of coffee, tea in proper teacups, mastering the art of balloon animals, learning to play the ukulele, and plotting my next move..
the real mccoy.
currently listening to: we made this ourselves by essie jain, under giant trees by efterklang, yellow house by grizzly bear, neon bible by arcade fire, requiem by gabriel faure, the flying cup club by beirut, ukulele ike, hoagy carmichael, an anthology of big band swing, otis redding, midlake, gillian welch, djangology, esmerine, jack teagarden, josephine foster, sons of the pioneers, julie london, the kinks, anything jordi savall is involved with, leadbelly, m. ward, marissa nadler, stars, sun kill moon, tom waits, etc etc etc...
all the mornings of the world, wings of desire, better off dead, ball of fire (barbara stanwyck), double life of vernonique, amelie, very long engagement, harold and maude, henry and june, hannah and her sisters, unbearable lightness of being, sweet low down, annie hall, grey gardens, maltese falcon, to have and have not, stella dallas, the thin man, holiday inn, anything with clark gable, hepburn, bing crosby, fred astaire, and garbo.
the turner classic movie channel, cnn, and shark week... to hell with the rest of it....
currently reading: hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world by haruki murakami, promise at dawn by romain gary, nelson by edgar vincent, apples for jam by tessa kiros, endless things by john crowley,the malady of death by marguerite duras, le morte d'arthur, and the collected lyrics of hafiz of shriaz translated by peter avery.last read: pattern recognition by william gibson, madame bovary by flaubert.on the nightstand: the book thief by zusak, the wind-up bird chronicle by murakami, the soul thief by charles baxter, life class by pat barker, artichoke to za'atar by malouf, natural history by pliny the elder, nid de coucocu by david calvo, journey by ferry to celibate city or thigh town by derek van gieson, and hypnerotomachia poliphili translated by godwin.best loved: trip to the stars, shadow of the wind, uncollected works of rilke, 40 stories by donald barthelme (porcupines at the university is the best short story), feast of love, journals of captain james cook, encylopedia of ephermera, my trusty webster's dictionary circa 1907, the histories by herodotus,cinnamon peeler by ondaatje, hayden carruth, tales of protection, issac dinesen, lorrie moore, amy bloom,little big, baron in the trees, mathematics from the birth of numbers, the marzipan pig.. and.. and.. and..
julian & gabriel, my brother, my kentucky grandmaw, my magical friend karen, clare boothe luce, beryl markham and the guy who said this: ..."while orbiting the earth at 10,000 feet..i noticed.. it tickled.."