i am.
saving the world. laughing. loving. living. singing. dancing. friends. family. yoga. music. sailing. rainbows. skiing. paragliding. traveling. giving my time. children. teaching. sustainable living. organic farming. backpacking. the desert. flying. baking. biking. magic. shooting stars. language. senses. wilderness. wildness. time. existence. culture. simplicity. working. ethics. astronomy. astrology. theater. intuition. honesty.
passionate folks. genuine souls. people with good intentions. those who walk their talk, strive for change, love the earth, and all the beauty life has to offer.
local artists. folk mostly. anything with a cello. nick drake. ani difranco. counting crows. guster. indigo girls. dispatch. richard shindell. belle and sebastian. the beatles. bob dylan. bob marley. joao gilberto. grateful dead. radiohead. iron and wine. sun kil moon. ryan adams. brett dennen. rem. rufus wainwright. ben folds. ben harper. paul simon. greg brown. patty griffin. rusted root. jose gonzalez. neil young. van morrison. elliott smith. dar williams. keller williams. phish. michael franti and spearhead. andrew bird. the weepies. modest mouse. damien rice. alexi murdoch. xavier rudd. flaming lips.
waking life. garden state. i heart huckabees. the royal tenenbaums. amelie. princess bride. the muppet movie. united states of leland. the life aquatic. in america. girl interrupted. the big lebowski. breakfast club. crash. shawshank redemption. ferngully. eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. fight club. edward scissorhands. dead poets society. american beauty. life is beautiful.
not so much.
the lorax. a language older than words. the celestine prophecy. the time traveler's wife. be here now. harold and the purple crayon. the little prince. harry potter. anything written by barbara kingsolver, terry tempest williams, and gretel ehrlich. mutant message down under. way of the peaceful warrior. letters to vanessa. pilgrim at tinker creek. radical simplicity. voluntary simplicity. the fifth sacred thing. the god of small things, and other arundhati roy masterpieces. the one straw revolution. the sacred balance. the perks of being a wallflower. ishmael. anything by craig childs, edward abbey, and wendell berry. a fine balance. all chris van allsburg books. and many many more.
the women in my family.
grandma on her ninety-first, bourbon in hand...