The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.
- Albert Einstein

 

...These are a few of my favorite things...
       

Movies

"August Rush"
"Field of Dreams"
"Amadeus"
"Contact"
"To Sir With Love"
"Titanic"
"Shawshank Redemption"
"Mary Poppins" (OK-It was my first favorite movie)
"Mr. Holland's Opus"
"Dead Poet's Society"
"Young Frankenstein"
"Sleepless in Seattle"
"When Harry Met Sally"
"The Wizard of Oz"
"Gone With the Wind"
"Brian's Song" (The original)
"Forrest Gump"
"Big"
"Island of the Blue Dolphin"
"Radio"
"The Incredible Journey of Dr. Meg Laurel"

It's not a movie, but one of my greatest joys was my first trip on the movie ride at Disney's MGM Theme Park in Orlando.

Songs

Click here for a large list of my favorite songs.

A quote from a Jackson Browne song sums it up. The Song is "Looking Into You."

"The great song traveler passed me here,
And he opened my eyes to the view.
And I was among those who called him a prophet
And I asked him what was true.
Until the distance had shown how the road remains alone.
Now I'm looking in my life for a truth that is my own.

Well I looked into the sky for my anthem,
And the words and the music came through.
But words and music can never touch the beauty that I have seen,
Looking into you -- and that's true "


Books

"Illusions" - Richard Bach
"To Kill a Mockingbird" - Harper Lee
"The Spirituality of Imperfection" - Kurtz & Ketchem
"Another Roadside Attraction" - Tom Robbins
"Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates" - Tom Robbins
"Still Life With Woodpecker" - Tom Robbins
"Fire in the Belly" - Sam Keen
"How to Know God" - Deepak Chopra
"Cold Sassy Tree" - Olive Anne Burns
"Living, Loving, Learning" - Leo Suscaglia
"The Road Less Traveled" - M. Scott Peck
"Flowers for Algernon" - Daniel Keyes
"The Phantom of the Opera" - Gaston Leroux

This list goes on and on...

Musicals

"Evita" - Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
"Jesus Christ Superstar" - Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
"Phantom of the Opera" - Andrew Lloyd Webber
"Song and Dance" - Andrew Lloyd Webber
"Brigadoon - Lerner and Lowe
"The Sound of Music" - Rodgers and Hammerstein
"South Pacific" - Rodgers and Hammerstein
"Big River" - Roger Miller