I am partial to: knitting, dress-making, doing experiments in my breadmaker, flower arranging. Walking around in the sunshine provided it's not too hot. A little light writing.
Meetings make me nervous.
Songs: Ohia, Sufjan Stevens, Decembrists, Joanna Newsom, Damien Jurado, Karen Dalton, Devendra Banhart, Bonnie 'prince' Billie, Smog, Bright Eyes (selected), Arcade Fire, Okkervil River, Gillian Welch, Feist, Nina Simone, Emmy-Lou Harris, Gram Parsons, Gene Clark, Iron and Wine, Low, Kate & Anna Mcgarrigle. Nick Cave (selected), Rosie Thomas.i.e. nothing too noisy.
Nothing with strong accents or violence please.
Anything funny about things I don't understand.
HAVE LOVED: Saul Bellow, Paul Auster.HAVE A SOFT SPOT FOR: Iris Murdoch, Michel Houellebecq, Don Delillo, Christina Stead, J M Coetzee, Simone de Beauvior, Milan Kundera.