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california history, geography, and culture; anthropology; aromatherapy; organic agriculture; land stewardship; straight shooting; trusty firearms; playing with fire; the arts -- music, literature, photography, design, theater; architecture; fine wood furnishings; luxurious fabric; leather; cooking; entertaining; socializing; staying one step ahead of the long arm of the law; americana; finding joy in unexpected places; vintage clothing, haberdashery, luggage, and fords; teaching my children well (thanks csny)

Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, The Stones, The Pretenders, The Who, Dire Straits, Dwight Yoakam, Cowboy Junkies, Elvis Costello, Bruce Springsteen, Michelle Shocked, Leo Kottke, Robert Earl Keen, Chuck Prophet, The Doors, Lyle Lovett, Lou Reed, kd lang, Sam Cooke, Chuck Berry, John Prine, Dave Alvin, the Carter Family, the Beatles

Lawrence of Arabia, Busby Berkeley Extravaganzas, Double Indemnity, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Some Like It Hot, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Sophie's Choice, Unforgiven, Last of the Mohicans, Braveheart, Gangs of New York, Como Agua Para Chololate, Habla Con Ella, The Lair of the White Worm, The Birds, Spinal Tap, Groovetube, The Grifters, Prizzi's Honor, Scarface, Something Wild, Being John Malkovich, American Beauty, Siesta, and Scotland, PA

tao te ching, beowolf, aesop, chaucer (canterbury tales), billy shakespeare (macbeth, hamlet, midsummer night's dream), don quixote, james f. cooper (the leatherstocking tales), nathaniel hawthorne, poe, mark twain, flannery o'connor, john steinbeck, arthur miller, james thurber, ee cummings, e.b. white, dh lawrence, dorothy parker, orwell (homage to catalonia), bukowski, sylvia plath, jack kerouac, hunter s., dr. seuss, gloria steinem, florence king, ken follett, frank mccourt, barbara kingsolver, sara donati, bill bryson, chris stewart, laurie notaro, anne lamott, laura esquivel, isabel allende, midnight in the garden of good and evil, pat conroy, mists of avalon

reference works -- high end dictionaries, the physicians desk reference manual, california history and geography, album liner notes, biographies, autobiographies. my extensive collection of homemaking, etiquette, and cook books dating to the american civil war

bathroom stall graffiti and cereal boxes

In general are the artists, activists, and architects of our society. specifically i'm fond of woodie guthrie and emma goldman.