jamie

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Gender Male
Occupation Generalist
Location Fairfax, Ca, United States
Introduction Presently cycling, walking and gardening in Marin County, California.
Interests Many, varied. The Arts. Crafts. Ecology. Economics. Making things. Two-wheeled human powered contraptions. Electronics and other gadgets. Gardening. Seed saving. Compost. "Trash" or that which is discarded. Finding, repairing and using nice things others have discarded. Mushrooms. Birds. Creating culinary delights!!!
Favorite Movies Rivers and Tides, The Worlds Fastest Indian, The Life of Birds, Spring Summer Fall Winter Spring, Contact, Shawshank Redemption, ...
Favorite Music I do very much love Pandora Radio! At present, I listen to a lot of jazz, European classical music, downtempo trance and groove, ambient, bluegrass and folk with some rock and roll highlights now and then. I'm an avid radio listener and very much enjoy To the Best of Our Knowledge, Radio Lab, This American Life and Forum (KQED)
Favorite Books Guide to California Camping, California Thomas Guide, empty journals, ...but seriously...Turtle Island (Shambala Pocket Classics edition) and the poetry of Gary Snyder, writings of Hermann Hesse, poetry of Kabir and Rumi, short stories and novels by Ray Bradbury, all of John Steinbeck's work, Haiku (traditional and modern), The Story of B, Dharma Bums, Wendel Berry, Encounters With the Arch Druid, Omnivore's Dilemma, Eugene Slone's Guide to Bicycle Maintenance, writings by Thich Nhat Hahn (particularly "Anger"), Coleman Barks, The Ecology of Economies, Snow Crash, ...

What did you dream when you ate a spider while sleeping?

The idea for some crazy metal sculpture.