- "I will love you as the iceberg loves the ship, and the passengers love the lifeboat and the lifeboat loves the teeth of the sperm whale, and the sperm whale loves the flavor of naval uniforms." -Lemony Snicket
- "Every new eye applied to the peep hole which looks out at the world may fish in some new beauty, and some new pattern, and the world of the human mind must be enriched by such fishing." - Steinbeck
- "Not only in heaven, but also in the seas are there stars." - J.H. Linck 1733
- "Now I know the secret of the making of the best person. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth." - Whitman
- "Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers 'Grow, grow'." - The Talmud
- “It is in love that we are made, in lov...
mar 23 2011 ∞
mar 30 2011 +
- Eat, Pray, Love (Elizabeth Gilbert)
- Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
- The Lorax and Oh! The Places You'll Go (Dr. Suess)
- The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
- The Tin Forest (Helen Ward)
- The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears (Dinaw Mengestu)
- The Ladies No.1 Detective Agency series (Alexander McCall Smith)
- Africa In My Blood: An Autobiography in Letters (Jane Goodall)
- Plants of the Pacific Northwest (Pojar and MacKinnon)
- The Help
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
- nearly anything by Sherman Alexie, Barbara Kingsolver and Gregory Maguire
aug 26 2010 ∞
jun 25 2011 +
- Botswana, Okavango Delta
- Serengeti, Olduvai Gorge
- Morocco
- Senegal, Ghana... well, West Africa
- Bali
- Thailand
- Brazil
- Peru (Iquitos, Machu Picchu)
- Greece
- Italy
- Japan
- Guatemala
- New Orleans
- SW USA
aug 23 2010 ∞
mar 10 2011 +
aug 26 2010 ∞
aug 30 2010 +
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- Western red cedar, thuja plicata
- ferns of all sorts, especially licorice fern
- Salal, gaultheria shallon
- Trillium, trillium ovatum
- MOSS!!!!!
- Western hemlock, tsuga heterophylla
- bear grass
- madrone
apr 26 2011 ∞
apr 26 2011 +
- mushrooms/mycology
- salsa dancing
- metal arts
- knitting socks
- sewing
- Spanish
- (for someday when I have them) chicken coop building and chicken raising
- to build stuff
- guitar
- landscape design
- scientific illustration
aug 26 2010 ∞
sep 24 2010 +
- projects to keep me busy
- my ability to laugh easily
- lists
- yoga
- jeans
- incredible friends near and far
- ferns, trees and their friends
- coffee, wine and beer, water
- covered parking and a view of downtown
- crossword puzzles
- my job and my boss
- electric blankets
- Trader Joes
- Orbit pina colada gum
- my way-sportier-than-I-am car
- trips to Uganda
aug 23 2010 ∞
jun 25 2011 +
- Princess Bride
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- Labyrinth
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall
- Dan in Real Life
- Amelie
- So I Married An Ax Murderer
- When Harry Met Sally
- Lion King
- Monsoon Wedding
- Love, Actually
- Breakfast Club
- Top Gun
- Grease
aug 23 2010 ∞
mar 9 2011 +
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- Puget Sound
- ferries
- good coffee
- Mt. Rainier
- Olympic Penninsula
- rain and
- not-too-hot summers
- bioluminescence
- cool animals
- ferns
- big trees (in some places, anyway...)
- in general, progressive community
- community gardens and CSAs
- lots of daylight during summer
- Bumbershoot and Folklife festivals
- recycling (ok, mostly in the urban places)
- it's where my family and most friends are!
aug 27 2010 ∞
mar 10 2011 +
- rubber chickens
- pipe cleaners (for making art!)
- finger puppets, sock puppets, shadow puppets...
- spontaneous musical numbers in movies
- the smell of the sun in the forest
- the smell of the beach
- touching things
- living close to water and mountains
- organizing things
- Sharpies
- Thai food
- almost all baked goods
- cheese
- bacon
- banana slugs
- rain in the very beginning of fall, when it's still a little summer-y
- cello, mandolin, and trumpet in popular music
- making stuff
aug 23 2010 ∞
mar 23 2011 +
- Dog Days Are Over - Florence + The Machine
- Just Say Yes - Postal Service
- Little Lion Man - Mumford and Sons
- Float On - Modest Mouse
- Little Secrets - Passion Pit
- Need You Tonight - INXS
- First Day of My Life - Bright Eyes
- Human - The Killers
- Sweet Disposition - Temper Trap
- The News from Your Bed - Bishop Allen
- If I Ever Feel Better - Phoenix
- Die Die Die - The Avett Brothers
- Howlin' For You - and
- The Lengths - The Black Keys
aug 23 2010 ∞
mar 23 2011 +
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