"The quality of life is always in proportion to the capacity for delight."

- julia cameron

 

Websites

Sabrina Ward Harrison - my favourite artist
Curtis Hildebrand - my husband's wonderful photography site
Another girl at play - an inspiring index of female artists
Jacob's Well - many of our friends are involved with this non-profit
Smoking Lily - a great local designer
David Brady - a mixed media artist I admire

 

 

Places

Quebec City
Granville Island
L'ile-sur-la-Sorgue and Fontaine de Vaucluse, France
Sunshine Coast
Shore of Lake Erie
Any place with rocks, trees, and water
The Maritimes
Commercial Drive, Vancouver

 

Interests

Making special tea and espresso drinks
Designing things like lamp shades and handbags
Watching my herb garden grow
Cooking
Reading old family letters and diaries
Biking around Vancouver
Paddling in Deep Cove
Eating Terra bread and drinking Granville Island Tea
Going for gelato
Taking art classes

 

Music

Stereolab
Bjork
Red House Painters
Sigur Ros
Meatbeat Manifesto
Innocence Mission

 

Books ~ Writers

Les Miserables, Victor Hugo
In the Misleading Absence of Light, Joanne Gerber
A Timbered Choir, Wendell Berry
Life of Pi, Yann Martel
A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry
Most classics

 

Movies

Amelie
The Royal Tenenbaums
Rear Window
Roman Holiday
The Shop Around the Corner
The Lord of the Rings
Anne of Green Gables