kare o' the mountains

About me

Occupation Wayfaring Stranger
Location Santa Cruz, California
Introduction (by way of Bozeman, Montana) making my way through this enterprised-up thing called life. listening to stories along the way. learning how to tell my own. fellow sojourners, pilgrims, strangers, and other kin-in-kind are welcome to join the conversation. interactions just might be the best part of this journey.
Interests folk & funk, americana, feminist science fiction, critical theory, memoir and memory, religion and nationalism, freedom and penality, life and death
Favorite Movies Antonia's Line, Angels in America, Living Out Loud, Postcards from the Edge, Good Night and Good Luck, Tea with Mussolini, Raising Arizona, The Royal Tenenbaums, Addams Family Values, Lawrence of Arabia
Favorite Music Billie Holiday, Art Blakey, Ben Harper, Desmond Dekker, Angélique Kidjo, Johnny Clegg, Joni Mitchell, Eva Cassidy, Rickie Lee Jones, Marvin Gaye, Gillian Welch, Paul Simon, Joan Baez, Michelle Shocked, Bon Iver, Iron & Wine
Favorite Books Parable of the Sower, Animal Dreams, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, Gut Symmetries