My blogs

Blogs I follow

Gender	Female
Industry	Education
Location	Nirasaki, Japan
Introduction	As a young child I relished my escapes into the branches of trees. I trusted my bare feet, the strength of the branches, the lure of the sky. With a book I could sit for hours, sometimes waiting for the sun to nearly set. These were my first travels to other lands and distant places. For the last year and a half--and for the next six months-- I will be living in a small-ish agricultural community in central Japan.
Interests	experimenting with spices and flavors, learning languages, photography, metal smithing, reading, cheese, travel, immigration issues/immigrant rights
Favorite movies	A Fish Called Wanda, Machuca, The Princess and the Warrior, The Lives of Others, Off the Map, The Royal Tenenbaums, Sweet Land
Favorite music	Nina Simone, Jolie Holland, Beirut, Billy Bragg & Wilco, Buena Vista Social Club, Mercedes Sosa, Erik Satie, Shoeshine Blues, The Flaming Lips, Orchestra Baobab, The Be Good Tanyas, The Portland Cello Project
Favorite books	100 Years of Solitude, Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World, Grapes of Wrath, Ficciones, The Origins of Totalitarianism, The Art of Life, What is the What, The Frog Band and the Onion Seller, Deborah Madison's cookbooks Local Flavors and Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone