Cooking, baking, eating, drinking, being in the company of kind folks. Crows, ravens, goldfish, Southern catalpa trees, moss gardens, lakes, rivers, summertime.
Paul Newman, circa-late 1960s.
Broadcast, Yo La Tengo, The Cure, Cocteau Twins, Stereolab, MBV, Rolling Stones, Slowdive, The Smiths, Richard Buckner, Neil Young, Guided By Voices, etc, etc.
"Night of the Hunter," "To Kill a Mockingbird," "Arsenic and Old Lace," various John Candy, Angelica Huston, Peter Sellers, and Donald Sutherland movies.
Puts me to sleep at night.
Books about country life and travel: "Farmer," Jim Harrison, "Travels With Charlie," Steinbeck, "At Table," James Villas, short stories for my short attention span: Crews, Carver. "Millions of Cats," "Charlotte's Web," the first book that made me bawl my eyes out.... or maybe it was the "Velveteen Rabbit." All stuffed toys really do have feelings, you know.
People who are brave enough to build from their ideas and dreams.