Interests: Conservation - Red Sox Nation - Richard Thompson - Single Malt / Alpine Glow - Sugar on Snow - Books by Faulkner - Poems by Walt / Kisses under the Almond Tree - Free to be You and Me / Renaissance Faires - Woods with Bears - Harvest Moons - Joe Henry Tunes / King of Hearts - Cupid's Darts - Village Squares without Walmarts / Richard Sharpe - Oilcloth Tarp - Brown-eyed Girl - Pipes that Skirl / Lady Slippers - Slipper Shells - G&S - Ocean Swells / Peri Peri langoustines - Hu-Kwa Tea - Great Northern Beans / Bulgakov - Margaritas - Baba Ganoush and Home-Made Pitas / A Cappella - Tarantella - Walks in the Rain with no Umbrella / Facial Hair - Devil-may-Care - Grass-fed Beef Cooked Medium Rare / Politics - Family Trees - Kids with Kites and a Southwest Breeze / Baobabs and Muafangejo - All Night Train to Bulawayo / Social Justice - The Lone Ranger - Pesto Sauce - Camus' "The Stranger" / Spinal Tap - Thatched Rondavels - Funk - Black Adder - Flashman Novels / Early Modern American history- the rest (for now) still a mystery.