reading, skiing (both kinds), canoeing, exploring new topics and new places, snowshoeing, operating my new miniature wood-splitting machine

I'm really bad at operating electronic devices, but am otherwise quite calm. Do they notice a wry look of mischief in my eyes? It's usually in there somewhere, if they look again...

Books: Non-fiction history, historical mysteries and classic mysteries, natural history, oddities about social phenomena and other cultures of the past and around the world that I find at random on the library return cart. Video: documentaries, witty and charming films, foreign language films, I have no cable for TV and live on TVO channel. Music: classical (Corelli, Vaughan Williams), folk (Pogues, Stan Rogers), world (Virginia Rodrigues, Baka Beyond), good stuff (Violent Femmes, David Wilcox, old music hall, 1980s rockabilly), Scottish traditional music to which I dance. Food: not liver, not shredded coconut (but fresh or coconut milk is great), not liver rolled in shredded coconut. Love fresh local raspberries, grass-fed prime beef, organic juices and a good grilled cheese sandwich for a treat.

1. nature 2. books 3. dark and quiet for sleeping 4. sunny light for waking up 5. bacon at any time - not too salty, not too crispy

Animal-human communication (i.e. natural horsemanship, rescue pet volunteering), connections between different cultures and different times (just now Taoism - Stoicism - cosmology), plans for my in-town nature and heritage fruit garden

you are a man of solid character, of kind heart, of good humour, of whimsical curiosity... and, for special bonus points, possessed of a handsome set of shoulders 3^)