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Hobbies

Lace knitting, thread arts such as embroidery, smocking, heirloom sewing, crochet; reading about Mediaeval English history; watching opera and ballet

Areas of Expertise

Web design and management, print magazine layout & design, copy editing; lace knitting and heirloom sewing

Favorite Books

Shakespeare's plays & sonnets, works of Aldous Huxley, Tolkien, Oscar Wilde, Ray Bradbury, Joseph Campbell, Ken Follett & Diana Gabaldon for a more modern take; translations of Voltaire, Molière, Rostand, Dumas (pere and fils)

Favorite Bands / Musician

Mozart, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Bach, YES, The Moody Blues, Strawbs, Genesis & solo work, ELP, Lifesigns, Char-El, Renaissance, Kayak, Camel, King Crimson, ASIA, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Electric Prunes, The Monkees, The Beatles, Yardbirds, A-HA & Morten Harket, Robert Earl Longley, Rush, Styx, The Millennium, Procol Harum, most progressive rock & psychedelic rock

Favorite Movies

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Star Wars (all films), Forbidden Planet, The Angry Red Planet, The Day the Earth Stood Still & most of the 50s & 60s sci-fi classics, Last of the Mohicans, Marvel's Thor, Casablanca, Jezebel (1938), Goodbye Mr. Chips, Captain Blood (1935), Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

Favorite TV Shows

The Outer Limits, Outlander, Doctor Who, Star Trek (all series), Lost in Space, Vampire Diaries, M*A*S*H, House MD, Game of Thrones, Bones, Firefly

Technical Information

System Details

Adobe Creative Cloud

Cameras

1982 Canon AE-1

Home Theater

I typically stream to two Aomais connected bluetooth speakers via iPad for convenience but for bigger sound, I use either the Pioneer amplifier, which is connected to studio monitors; or the studio processing equipment and a Sony DVD player, which is connected to JBL studio monitors.

Home Studio Musical Gear

A Haynes silver flute, a Glory engraved silver flute, a Jupiter alto flute, a 1902 antique piano, a digital Mellotron, an E-Mu Emulator IV keyboard

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