Likes poetry, good music, old farms, cats, fish, organized religion, vintage clothing, fair-trade goods, opera, Stewarts orange and cream soda, trees, quality coffee, old photographs, Paris, vinyl records, early Bob Dylan, people who smile, vodka and tonic with cranberry juice, banjos, boots, bold colors, autumn, big cities, The Great Lakes, and black and white films.

Collects lawn gnomes and good friends.

Strong aversion to bad modern country music, and eating factory farmed meat.

Prone to enjoy a good conversation and also to say "soda" instead of "pop" or "coke".

Unlikely to ever abandon a worthwhile character.