• Editor -  I edit all day and night . I've worked on housefly genetics, historical romance, chick lit, young adult classics, neuropsychology ... I'm addicted.   
• Writer -   I just started my first novel, and I decided to write a romance instead of the historical literary tale I've been plotting for years. I'm thinking of the romance as a warm-up.  I also write and publish short fiction and poetry, but hardly enough lately. I flog myself regularly for not writing regularly and submitting work. I do participate in readings once in a while but I desperately need a new set of poems. I have a list of publications here. My friend has a good blog, and he is an excellent writer so I decided to blog about writing and other nonsense. You can follow things here .
• Reader - I read as much as I can. I need to finish Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maass, recommended by a friend who wrote two novels. I think the book makes very good points, and it's forced me to rethink aspects of my novel. I also read The Art of Romantic Writing by Valerie Parv. I do read a couple magazines ( Tricycle , donna hay ), and we get Every Day with Rachael Ray and Cook's Illustrated. I read poems regularly. Whenever I travel I always pick up one or two local poet books as souvenirs. Last one I picked up was in Freeport, ME. 
• Music Lover - I'm rather addicted to music. I enjoy most types, but prog rock, folk, and jazz are at the top of the list.  I go to concerts when I get the chance (2007 is The Police and Genesis among others ... although see my post on concerts !!).  I own a turntable (remember those, children?), and I still spin records. They just don't make real album covers anymore!
• Collector -  I collect a number of things, including pop bead necklaces and Robin Hood texts. I was planning on using the many books to trace the development of the Robin Hood folktale from the 1800s through present day, but see the second classification to understand why that won't be happening any time soon.
• Sports Fan -  These days I enjoy football and golf predominantly. I do like baseball and hockey (go Devils!), but over the last few years the magic has been taken out of them ... too much like businesses (but aren't they all?). I also adore Fantasy Football leagues.

Passions

Astronomy   NASA news   Sky and Telescope   Astronomy.net   Absolute Astronomy.com   Joe Tenn's Astronomy Links    JPL site   Cosmic Evolution   Earth from space     SETI

Bookstores   Powell's   Montclair Book Center   Oblong   Raven   Crow   Strand  Shakespeare & Co.  (close by)   Shakespeare & Co.  (a bit farther)

Earth     VT fall foliage report   National Park guide   GORP outdoor recreation guide   Belgium   Paris   Block Island   Wales    Celery Farm

Most Recent ...

Favorites

• Animals    Giraffe   Dog   Manta Ray
• Apple    Empire
• Aquarium    National Aquarium in Baltimore
• Atari Games   Adventure   Yar's Revenge
• Bands    Yes   Pink Floyd   Steely Dan   Mostly Autumn   Jadis   Genesis   the Finns
• Ben & Jerry's   Phish Food   Cherry Garcia 
• Birds     Turkey Vulture  Herons  (great blue, black-crowned night)   Finch  Cardinal    
• Carol    Coventry Carol
• Cartoons   Bugs Bunny   Battle of the Planets   Dr. Katz   Family Guy   ATHF
• Charities   Center for Food Action   Habitat for Humanity
  
• Children's / YA Books  The Snowy Day  Cinderella   Phantom Tollbooth   A Quiet Place  Johnny Lion's Rubber Boots  The Happy Hollister series  Judy Blume of course
  
• Christmas Cartoons   ' Twas the Night Before Christmas   Rudolph  A Charlie Brown Christmas   The Year Without a Santa Claus
• Christmas Songs  White Christmas  White World of Winter  The Christmas Song We Need a Little Christmas 
• Clothing Stores   Ann Taylor Loft   J.Jill   Calvin Klein   North Face   Old Navy Anthropologie
• Cloud Formation   Cumulus
• Colors     PMS 166   PMS 201   PMS 2738   PMS 315   PMS 625
• Comedy Duo   Abbott and Costello
• Comics   Foxtrot  Get Fuzzy Peanuts Shoe Ziggy Emily the Strange Calvin & Hobbes
• Constellation   Orion
• Decade   1980s
• Dessert    Brownies   Creme Brulée
• Distraction   Sudoku
  
• Fiction     Anna Karenina   Girl With a Pearl Earring   HGTG   I Was Amelia Earhart
• Flowers     Daffodils   Peonies
• Football Team     Oakland Raiders
• Foreign Language   French, bien sûr
• Games   Carcassonne   Lost Cities
• Holidays    Halloween   Thanksgiving
• Internet Radio Station   Delicious Agony Progressive Rock Radio
• Jazz    Dave Brubeck
• Jeans    Calvin Klein
  
• Junk Food    Chocodiles
• Moon    Europa
  
• Museums     Rose Center for Earth and Science   Met  
• Nonfiction   Natural History of the Senses  The Power of Myth  all Thich Nhat Hanh  
• Number     21
• Painters   Jules Bastien-Lapage   Maxfield Parrish   Fauve artist s   Joan Miro  
• Painting   Joan of Arc
• Perfume   Oxygene
• Play   Our Town
• Poets   e.e. cummings   Jane Kenyon   Gillian Clarke   William Stafford   GMH
• Radio   WFUV
• Reality Shows     The Amazing Race   Top Chef   Project Runway
• Saying    "Mother of Pearl !"
• Scents    Vanilla     Cut Grass     Fresh Linen
• Season     Autumn
• Shakespeare     Hamlet    The Tempest
• Snapple   Raspberry Iced Tea
• Sneakers   Nike
• Stooge   Larry Fine
  
• Sushi     Maguro (which is sashimi for you purists)
  
• Tree     Japanese Maple
• TV     Lost    Extreme Makeover: Home     Brit comedies    What Not to Wear  
  
• Video Games   Ms. Pacman   Battlezone   Tempest
• Vocalist     Billie Holiday
• Writers     Italo Calvino    Dickens    Hemingway

Movies 

1930s
The Adventures of Robin Hood, Snow White

1940s
Buck Privates, Holiday Inn, Miracle on 34th Street, Notorious, Who Done It?

1950s
12 Angry Men, The Court Jester, Rear Window, Roman Holiday, War of the Worlds

1960s
Dr. Strangelove, Oliver!, The Sound of Music

1970s
Close Encounters, Dog Day Afternoon, Holy Grail, Jaws, Willie Wonka

1980s
Breaker Morant, Blade Runner, Dead Poets Society, Empire Strikes Back, Little Shop of Horrors, Princess Bride, Raiders, Roxanne, Wargames

1990s
Beauty and the Beast, Contact, Galaxy Quest, Good Will Hunting, Jurassic Park, Life Is Beautiful, The Red Violin, Shakespeare in Love, The Shawshank Redemption, While You Were Sleeping

2000s
Amélie, Finding Nemo,  High Fidelity, Lord of the Rings, Lost in Translation, Memento, A Mighty Wind, Monsters Inc., The Mummy Returns