studying comparative religions and making freinds of other cultures. world music (celtic, african, eastern indian, middle eastern, native american, asian) in the traditional genre NOT pop, rock or rap. ethnic food. foreign films, literature and poetry (i love the sufi poets) yoga, meditation, alternative medicines. indigenious clothing and ceremonial costumes.

pets! i have a 8 cockatiels, 13 budgies, 14 finches, and 18 love birds. a mini-lop, a silver martin miniture, and a netherlands dwarf house bunnies. 2 gerbils, 2 dwarf hampsters, 4 guinea pigs. a russian tortoise, and 2 white's tree frogs. (my son's name is noah and our house is now known as "the ark" by family and freinds.)

Current Favorite Artists / Bands: oliver mtukudzi, yaya diallo, nuru kane,yuosif sheronick, vishwa mohan bhatt, manose, ladysmith black mombasa, hariprasad chaurasia, lin shicheng, gao hong, weishan liu

the wizard of oz, out of africa, to kill a mockingbird, lawrence of arabia, the four feathers, the king and i, medicine man, 7 years in tibet, the bridges of madison county, big, what dreams may come, central station

don't watch t.v. much. discovery channel's good. oh history channel too! i watch them at my daughter's sometimes. i don't have cable.

the hobbit and the tolkien trilogy, quantum healing by deepak chopra, frankenstein by mary shelley, to kill a mockingbird by harper lee, the heart is a lonely hunter by carson mccullers, wokini by billy mills

"i know you. if i were blind, i would know you" this from the movie 'the last unicorn' has to do with my belief in reincarnation and my hope for all things majikal.