• Trumpet
  • Hugh Masekela
  • Miles Davis
  • Clifford Brown
  • Kenny Dorham
  • Mathias Eick
  • Donald Byrd
  • Chris Botti
  • Louis Armstrong
• Saxophone
  • John Coltrane
  • Cannonball Adderley
  • Paul Desmond
  • Rahsaan Roland Kirk
  • Coleman Hawkins
  • Johnny Hodges
  • Dexter Gordon
  • Joshua Redman
  • Sonny Rollins

• Autobiography
• Biography
• Personal essay
• Travel writing
• Music, art, or book criticism
• Journalism
• Blogging
• Literary translation
• Nonfiction novel / metafiction
• True crime
• Oral history
• Radio essay
• Video essay
• Nature writing
• Science writing
• Docudrama
• Eulogy / obituary
• Grimoire
• Guidebook
• Personality quiz
• Journals

• A library
• A playground
• Water (or at least a nice fountain)
• Evidence of autumn and spring
• Communities of color
• Family members and good friends

• Apples
• Blueberries
• Cantaloupes
• Cherries
• Cucumber
• Egg whites
• Garlic
• Honeydew Melons
• Lettuce
• Oats
• Oranges
• Peaches
• Pineapples
• Raspberries
• Strawberries
• Tangerines
• Tomatoes
• Water
• Watermelons
• Yogurt

• "Silhouette in the Shadows" - Joel Christian Goffin
• "Rewrite the Stars" - James Arthur
• "Blue Moon" - Roy Eldridge
• "Pack Up Your Sorrows" - Judy Collins
• "Just the Two of Us" - Rhiannon Giddens
• "Stolen Dance" - Milky Chance
• "Elegy for the Arctic" - Ludovico Einaudi

• Brooklyn Heights
• Central Park North
• Harlem
• Kew Gardens
• Lincoln Square
• Lower East Side
• Park Slope
• Prospect Heights
• Rockefeller Center
• Fort Tryon Park
• SoHo

• Everything smells like coconut sunscreen.
• It's acceptable to wear casual sundresses to work.
• My hair gets natural red and gold highlights.
• Peaches and strawberries and blueberries are fresh.
• People bring their babies out for show and dress them in adorable little bonnets.
• Water tastes extra-delicious.
• You can eat meals on the screened-in porch in the garden.

• Citizen Kane (1941)
• The Godfather (1972)
• Casablanca (1942)
• Raging Bull (1980)
• Singin' in the Rain (1952)
• Gone with the Wind (1939)
• Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
• Schindler's List (1993)
• Vertigo (1958)
• The Wizard of Oz (1939)
• City Lights (1931)
• The Searchers (1956)
• Star Wars (1977)
• Psycho (1960)
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
• Sunset Blvd. (1950)
• The Graduate (1967)
• The General (1927)
• On the Waterfront (1954)
• It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
• Chinatown (1974)

• Art museums
• Bay windows
• Cherry trees
• Clear night skies
• Clearings in the woods
• Fields full of tulips
• First snow, when it's so pristine that it sparkles
• Hammocks
• Indian summer
• Italian restaurants with outdoor seating
• Jacuzzis
• Libraries (and occasionally, used bookstores)
• Little silver bells
• Monet paintings
• Observatories
• Old-fashioned European trains with compartments
• Open fields
• Outdoor movie screenings

• Conversations with D.
• Long avenues lined with lovely houses
• Nice, calm self-care days
• Vintage GH
• Rain on the windowpane
• Flavored seltzer
• Half-frozen peach yogurt
• Macarons
• Mother's Day
• Inside Out
• Popcorn and Netflix
• Dog Whisperer
• Cherry blossoms
• Chinese food
• Frosted flakes
• Fresh-squeezed orange juice
• Talking to M., when she's more relaxed

• Remembering birthdays
• Selecting apt quotations
• Inventing both sides of a witty exchange inside my head
• Finding alternate routes to avoid people
• Micro-editing audio clips in Final Cut Pro
• Experiencing second-hand embarrassment
• Writing thank-you notes
• Spelling
• Making correct grammatical decisions intuitively
• Giving dirty looks
• Spotting Orion’s Belt

These are all me.

• Characterized by emotional intensity
• Longs for special attention
• Wants to be seen as unique and profound
• Doesn't give in to peer pressure easily
• A romantic
• Aesthetically and artistically oriented
• Difficulty dealing with day-to-day reality
• Addicted to emotions
• Likes to give others special attention
• Aspires to live imaginatively, romantically, and profoundly
• Likes "sublime" language
• Style is as important as substance
• Wants to be pursued by sexy and mysterious people
• Similarly typed celebrities: Johnny Depp, Edgar Allen Poe, James Dean, James Taylor, and Judy Collins
• Has the courage to show genuine feelings

• There's always smoke drifting up from chimneys in my small New England city.
• Hot cocoa becomes the staple drink.
• It's an excuse to wear ugly patterned sweaters and colorful scarves.
• You can go ice skating.
• You can wage snowball wars.
• Breath turns into mist.
• The handmade quilts and afghans come out of the highboy.
• People in our neighborhood put candles in their windows.
• How cold it is makes for easy small talk with strangers.
• I feel less guilty about not exercising.