Books. Architecture. Old things. Coffee. Vessels. Dogs. Cats. Manual labor. My offspring. Sarcasm. Color. Flowers. Money. Vines. Pictures. Silence.
Literati, thinkers, cynics, funny people, un-rude people, listeners, storytellers, grammarians, un-arrogant people, and people who don't tailgate.
Patty Griffin, Beth Hart, Frank Sinatra, Benny Goodman, Chaka Khan, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, Glenn Miller, Harry Connick Jr., Jann Arden, Sarah McLachlan, Joe Cocker, Eagles, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Susan Tedeschi, Paul Simon, Ray Charles, Sting, James Taylor, Beethoven, Betty Harris, Allison Krauss & Robert Plant, Wynnton Marsalis, Galesburg Marching Streaks
Shawshank Redemption, Moll Flanders, The Princess Bride, Dances with Wolves, Crash, Babel, Little Miss Sunshine, Toy Story, Shrek, The Big Lebowski, Fargo, Babel
Dirty Jobs, Reno 911, those dumb HGTV home decorating shows, those dumb reality shows about families with a million kids.
Flannery O'Connor, Abigail Thomas, Lorrie Moore, William Gay, Mary Hood, Mary Gaitskill, Cormac McCarthy, Brad Watson, Toni Morrison, Pam Houston, Cormac McCarthy