The natural environment, loved ones, friends, great thinkers from the past and present: they feed my ideas, move me, teach me, make me happy, provide deepening. In short, they broaden the meaning of my life. Here are 36 sources. Random pictures, as sources fluctuate, naturally...


1: Ben Haggarty, master storyteller; 2: Bruce Chatwin, writer;  3: Songlines; 4: Franc, best friend ever; 5: Sean O'Leary, painter, local legend; 6: Horses; 7: Franz Schubert, composer; 8: Wind and water; 9: All countries of Northern Europe; 10: Stella forever; 11: Hiking with friends; 12: Italo Calvino, writer, storyteller; 13: David Bowie, artist; 14: Michael Margolis, reinventor; 15: Socrates, philosopher; 16: Kirk Cheyfitz, CEO, creative entrepreneur; 17: Sergei Rachmaninoff, composer, ;18: Annette Simmons, author, storytelling guru; 19: Marcus Aurelius, emperor and philosopher; 20: Michel de Montaigne, politician and invigorating thinker; 21: Axel, son; 22: The Solitary Wolf; 23: All myths and legends ; 24: Daphne and Laura, daughters; 25: Bowie, canine philosopher; 26: Yiannis Gabriel, organizations and storytelling; 27: Arvo Pärt, composer, ; 28: David Malouf, writer; 29: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, pilot/writer; 30: The Little Prince; 31: W.A. Mozart, composer; 32: Annie Proulx, writer; 33: Daniel Morden, storyteller; 34: Tranquility; 35: The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Holgersson; 36: All the mountains of the world