reading, writing, spending time with boyfriend and daughter, politics, getting bush outta office, quality beers (mostly local), good red wines(mmmm...), minimalism, getting more into sailing, hiking, relaxing, experimenting with my piano and voice, cooking, sustainability, environmental consciousness, natural foods, ecology, dreaming, analyzing, crosswords, puzzles (brain teasers), my voice, experimenting....everything, anything, The All
Tom Waits, Jonathan Franzen, Tom Robbins, Patti Smith, Ira Glass, Jim Hightower, Howard Zinn, Sy Safransky, Mobilio!!, Florian Thalhofer, Birdgirls
Tom Waits, Joanna Newsom, Radiohead, Sonic Youth, Patti Smith, John Jacob Niles, Nick Cave, Odetta, Larkin Grimm, Daniel Johnston, Joni Mitchell, Mr. Bungle, Calexico, Mike Tamburo, Chris Knox, Beck, Steve Reich, Phillip Glass, Antony and the Johnsons, Fiona Apple, Rufus Wainwright, DJ Shadow, DJ Krush, Cannibal Ox, reverb from the insides, my music, my piano and its resonance.....and nearly anything that is good and live
Annie Hall, Manhattan, Down By Law, Dead Man, Baraka, Sound of Music (childhood fave), Short films, quality documentaries, What's Up Doc?, The Danish Poet
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love anything by Jonathan Franzen or Tom Robbins, The Sun magazine, Raymond Carver, Ishmael, The Witches of Eastwick (John Updike), short stories, Anthem (Ayn Rand), The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams), A Gun for Hire (Graham Greene), The Solace of Open Spaces (Gretel Erlich), guide books, dictionary, magazines: The Ecologist and Mother Jones, "How-to" books, cookbooks, Chris VanAllsburg picture books,
not a big fan of the word "hero"