I appreciate kind men.

I work at an arts non-profit near Keene and play the violin. I've been out of college for four years, and I will eventually go back and get a masters, but I haven't quite worked out a plan for this. I know there will be changes before long, but right now the simple things are keeping me happy.

being articulate.

Survey respondents have answered, "your wit," and "I can't think of the word..." and "your bug ring and aura of mystery."

George Eliot, Virginia Woolf, Jane Austen, and Toni Morrison. New Yorker, Sun (the literary magazine, not the tabloid!), Mother Jones. Harlem Renaissance poetry and Christina Rossetti.

I grew up without a TV, but Netflix & I are making up for lost time now. I like Friday Night Lights, Downton Abbey, and Sherlock and I have a secret passion for angsty teen dramas because it's a foil to my drama-free real life.

Always up for foreign films, trenchant documentaries, and fluffy rom-coms. Not a fan of violence or horror movies.

Food. I love food! I always get a little out of hand at the farmers' market, but I also have a soft spot for potato chips.

Finally, MUSIC. I am a musician -- classical violin. I love Mozart & Verdi operas & all things Met Opera; Jonas Kaufmann; Haydn & Beethoven string quartets; Schubert songs; Bach everything. Also Beyonce; Sara Bareilles; Top 40 radio in general. I like most genres if the artist is a good musician.

Music, reading, feminism, and sunshine; and family/friends and solitude in perfect balance.

why I think what I think. Most things aren't black and white to me, so I think a lot about all the nuances and what to make of it all.

I also think about lunch.

Probably reading. But it might be nice to do something else now and again with a nice someone... dinner? Gallery walks? Movies?

you're inspired to.