other meaningful items

experiences

  • Working on a farm in rural Germany (Weitsche, near Lüchow) via Workaway

  • Working on a vineyard in Portugal (Nelas, central Portugal) via Workaway

  • 22 days off-the-grid backpacking and canoeing on Lake Erie, MI, via Outward Bound

reads, arts, & listens

  • Iliad, Odyssey, and (current read) Aeneid

  • Hot, Cold, Heavy, Light: Peter Schjeldahl

  • Everything in its Place: Oliver Sacks

  • The Public and its Problems: John Dewey

  • St. Erasmus in Bishop Islip's Chapel: JMW Turner

    • Visited the British Museum Archives to view and handle original watercolor (picture to the right)

  • La valse: Camille Claudel

  • Le cygne: Saint-Saëns

  • Sirât - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack: Kangding Ray

  • Grand deux pas: Tchaikovsky