I love NPR, ethnic cooking, many kinds of music, books, Public television, animals, liberal politics, living in the woods, friendly debates, making handmade paper, gardening, and more animals. And garlic.
 
Larry McMurtry, Faulkner, Dickenson, Frost, Koestler, Isaac Asimov, Tom Robbins, David McCullough (sp?), Michael Pollan, Voltaire, Antoine d'Exupery, and a whole bunch more!