Laura Grey
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Artist & Writer |
| Location | Seattle, Washington, United States |
| Introduction | I'm a Seattle-area artist, writer and editor. In August 2014, I relaunched my LauraGrey.com website with a selection of freshly edited highlights from the archives of this blog. Since August all of my new writing and photos of my art have been posted to LauraGrey.com, where you'll not only find my essays and links to favorite videos, you'll also see my online art galleries featuring my acrylic and watercolor paintings, drawings and assemblages. This Little Hopping Bird blog is no longer updated or supported and many of the old links no longer work. For fresher content, please take a look at my new website. Thanks! |
| Interests | Art, Film, History, Music, Beauty, Travel, Gardens, Great Writing, Politics, Humor, Humanitarianism, Vegetarianism |
| Favorite movies | The Wizard of Oz, Three Kings, Amelie, Everything is Illuminated, Persuasion, A Walk on the Moon, The Apartment, High Fidelity, The Road to Perdition, To Kill a Mockingbird, Laura, That Thing You Do, 3:10 to Yuma (2007), The Scarlet Pimpernel, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Best Years of Our Lives, Young Frankenstein, Howard's End, Dr. Strangelove, Sense and Sensibility, Remains of the Day, Angels in America, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Far from the Madding Crowd, Almost Famous, The World's Fastest Indian, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Miller's Crossing, American Beauty |
| Favorite music | Ella Fitzgerald, Jorge Drexler, Imogen Heap, Brian May's Guitar Licks, Regina Spektor's Quirks, The Beatles, Feist's Soft Crackle, Elvis Costello, Varttina, Nat "King" Cole Trio, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell's Middle Years, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Lyle Lovett, Aaron Copland's Compositions, Cecilia Bartoli, Pearl Django, Queen, Cake, Classic Showtunes (NOT Lloyd-Webber), Harold Arlen Compositions, Standards Set to Dorothy Fields' Lyrics, José Feliciano's Guitar, Angelina Réaux Singing Kurt Weill's Songs, The Free Design, The Swingle Singers, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Blossom Dearie, Billie Holiday, Gershwin Tunes, Gogol Bordello, Michael Feinstein's Campy Splendor, Kander & Ebb's Works, Frank Loesser Songs, Cole Porter's Works, Great Standards, Inventive Pop |
| Favorite books | Persuasion, Nicholas Nickleby, The Golden Compass (Philip Pullman), A Girl Named Zippy (Haven Kimmel), Great Expectations, Don't Get Too Comfortable (David Rakoff), To Kill a Mockingbird, Summerland (Michael Chabon), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Far from the Madding Crowd, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dry (Augusten Burroughs), A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (Dave Eggers), The Member of the Wedding (Carson McCullers), Pride and Prejudice, Operating Instructions (Anne Lamott), The Chicago Manual of Style, The OED |