Vanishing American
My blogs
| Location | United States |
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| Interests | History, music, travel,language and linguistics, collecting ephemera from the 19th and 20th centuries, old movies, folklore, classical (not modern) art, genealogy, old books, traditional American and European music, collecting clocks, vintage linens, flea-marketing, auctions, cooking |
| Favorite movies | Drums Along the Mohawk, The Four Feathers, Gunga Din, Meet John Doe, David Copperfield, Bleak House, A Canterbury Tale, so-bad-they're-good movies |
| Favorite music | Early 20th century popular music, Old-time American music, Sacred Harp singing, Norwegian hardingfele music, Cajun music, classical music. I have a very eclectic collection of music. Guilty pleasure: 80s music, power pop, novelty songs (the weirder the better) |
| Favorite books | Wind in the Willows, The Christian in Complete Armour, Lord of the Rings, the King James Bible, Dickens' novels, books by J.R.R. Tolkien, Margery Allingham, E. F. Benson, James Thurber, H.P. Lovecraft, P.G. Wodehouse |