Ashley's secret public journal

alaska, aldo leopold, anticipation, aspirations, being a beach bum, being blunt, being naked, biking, birdwatching, board games, building blanket forts, capture the flag, catching moths, children, climbing trees, clowning around, community, compassion, constellations, cooking, courage, creating, dancing in the rain, date nights, david orr, david quammen, deep ecology, detroit, discipline, drawing on people, driving in the rain, elvis, esthero, evolution, family, financial security, fireflies, first kisses, flying in my dreams, foxes, freedom, god, grand rapids, greco-roman studies, hawaii, heath ledger-type smiles, historical fiction, homemade presents, idealists, innovative ideas, introspection, invertebrates, iridium satellites, island biogeography, joy, jump rope, katydids, legos, lists, living on island time, logic, love, luna moths, make-outs, meteor showers, michigan, mischief, mismatched socks, moderation, my baby, my cat, my fiancee, my sister, naturalism, new zealand, novelty, olivia deberardinis, pantheism, paradoxes, peace, people remembering my birthday, people watching, peter pan, phylogenetic species concept, piggy back rides, pillow fights, playing dress up, playing piano, purpose, raspberries, realism, ritual, road trips, roller skating, romanticism, ropeswings, routine, running, sailing, sandcastles, self-sufficiency, sensuality, serendipity, sexy men, sidewalk chalk, simplicity, singing in the shower, skipping, slip & slides, snow, snuggles, sound of waves, spinning in chairs, spontanaeity, sprinklers in the rain, squirt guns, stargazing, strong-minded people, strong-willed people, strong-work ethics, substantial converstation, sunrises, sunsets, sustainability, swimming holes, swimming in the rain, swinging, symbolism, synchronicity, tag, talking to myself, teaching, the eighties, the freakin moon, the secret garden, theodore roosevelt, thunderstorms, time alone, tom brown jr., traditional values, trampolines, traveling, tree houses, virginia, waldorf puzzles, wilderness, you, your dad, your mom