Thomas S. Solinsky
Founder/Executive Director
Location: Tennessee
Growing up in the Pacific Northwest Thomas was surrounded by natural beauty and influenced by the great outdoors. Time spent in the forest was the foundation for his passion for nature. Exploring the wilderness of Washington State, Northern Idaho, Montana, and British Columbia spawned his desire to help protect the environment.
Solinsky did software sales in San Francisco where weekend excursions allowed for opportunity to explore the Redwood forests and wilderness of California. He became an advocate for nature conservancy as his passion for trees and the environment grew. He continued to connect the importance of nature and the role it plays to improve the environment during backpacking trips on the West Coast. A move to Seattle, where he began working for Microsoft, allowed him to explore the mountains and forests of the Olympic Peninsula, Mt. Rainier, the Cascades of Washington State, and the wilderness of Oregon. The contrast of natural wilderness with the urban environment soon became a driving force of Solinsky's passion to seek change in sustainability practices related to business, government, private, personal operating procedures.
Searching to find ways to combine a love of nature and concern for the environment Thomas utilized his business skills, sustainability practices, and knowledge of trees to found the Pro-Earth Eco-Charity SoundForest.org. He now helps educate people about environmental sustainability and proactively plant trees helping to enhance and protect the environment. His goal is to reach as many people as possible and help raise awareness about the importance protecting trees has in sustaining our Earth. Current projects beyond SoundForest.org include founding the Nashville Bicycle Alliance, the creation of PedalPost.com bicycle parking systems, and SongForest.com.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair, Replenish. Ride Bikes... Plant Trees.
Name: Thomas Snow Solinsky
Nickname: none
Top spots out doors: Smokey Mountains, Nantahala National Forest, Olympic Peninsula, North Cascades, Tahoe, Idaho, Oregon, Colorado, Percy Warner Park, and Elmwood Ave.
Favorite type of tree: Oh man... this list could go on for a long time!
Favorite memory involving a tree: The first tree I planted for SoundForest. First Tree I planted for my daughter, First tree I planted for my son, tree I planted for Rowan on his way to dog heaven.
Clothing Brand: Patagonia, Black Diamond, Non-Brand Vintage
Favorite superhero: Owl Al, Spruce the Moose, Lawrence W. Elk, Douglas B. Fir.
If you had one super power: Influence
Coffee (where are you and what do you order): Kitchen. Filtered Tap Water Fresh ground locally roasted beans.
Who’d you like to meet: People who are open to change for the better. People responsible for Rainforest destruction, Contractors/Developers willing to learn how to do things different, Government leaders who have the drive to make change.
Music: 88.5 or near that Frequency Modulation depending on what city i'm in, Live music that happens in that moment and will never happen again. Music I hear for the first time. Jazz, especially when it was recorded in the '60s. Crazy creative style I never imagined possible, something so simple I never imagined it possible. Bluegrass, Stan Getz, Vince Guaraldi, Chet Baker, Jazz Messengers, G Love, Nick Drake, Dave Brubeck, Black Happy, Shea Tea Folkin' Irish Band, Traditional Irish, Jack Johnson, John Scofield, Joseph Kelleher, Left Hand Smoke, Béla Fleck, Billy Strings, Billy Strange, Bill Frisell, Rufus Wainwright, Sufjan Stephens. NWA, A Tribe Called Quest, Beastie Boys, Grip Johnson, Surprise me with something new and different.
Album(s): Dave Brubeck: Take Five | Vince Guaraldi: A Charlie Brown Christmas
Book(s): Silvics of North America
Movie(s): Home movie clips on my iPhone
Redeem airline miles and fly where: Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil, Somewhere in South America. Ireland. Eastern Europe.
Favorite state: United
Pizza Toppings: Pepperoni
Can I get you a drink?: Eagle Rare, Blantons, or Rowan's Creek on the Rock (that's singular, one large cube) - Beer: Montucky Cold Snacks?
Mmmm beer: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Play hooky for a day: Mountain Bike, MeadowBike. Go go for a trail run, float a river, day hike, plant some trees.
Three day weekend: Head to an old growth trail, backpack.
Influences: Positivity. Music. Creativity. Nature. My Dad, My Wife. My Kids, My Dog, Smokey Bear, John Muir, Chuck Yeager, The Wright Brothers, Woodsy Owl.
Growing up in the Pacific Northwest Thomas was surrounded by natural beauty and influenced by the great outdoors. Time spent in the forest was the foundation for his passion for nature. Exploring the wilderness of Washington State, Northern Idaho, Montana, and British Columbia spawned his desire to help protect the environment.
Solinsky did software sales in San Francisco where weekend excursions allowed for opportunity to explore the Redwood forests and wilderness of California. He became an advocate for nature conservancy as his passion for trees and the environment grew. He continued to connect the importance of nature and the role it plays to improve the environment during backpacking trips on the West Coast. A move to Seattle, where he began working for Microsoft, allowed him to explore the mountains and forests of the Olympic Peninsula, Mt. Rainier, the Cascades of Washington State, and the wilderness of Oregon. The contrast of natural wilderness with the urban environment soon became a driving force of Solinsky's passion to seek change in sustainability practices related to business, government, private, personal operating procedures.
Searching to find ways to combine a love of nature and concern for the environment Thomas utilized his business skills, sustainability practices, and knowledge of trees to found the Pro-Earth Eco-Charity SoundForest.org. He now helps educate people about environmental sustainability and proactively plant trees helping to enhance and protect the environment. His goal is to reach as many people as possible and help raise awareness about the importance protecting trees has in sustaining our Earth. Current projects beyond SoundForest.org include founding the Nashville Bicycle Alliance, the creation of PedalPost.com bicycle parking systems, and SongForest.com.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair, Replenish. Ride Bikes... Plant Trees.
Name: Thomas Snow Solinsky
Nickname: none
Top spots out doors: Smokey Mountains, Nantahala National Forest, Olympic Peninsula, North Cascades, Tahoe, Idaho, Oregon, Colorado, Percy Warner Park, and Elmwood Ave.
Favorite type of tree: Oh man... this list could go on for a long time!
Favorite memory involving a tree: The first tree I planted for SoundForest. First Tree I planted for my daughter, First tree I planted for my son, tree I planted for Rowan on his way to dog heaven.
Clothing Brand: Patagonia, Black Diamond, Non-Brand Vintage
Favorite superhero: Owl Al, Spruce the Moose, Lawrence W. Elk, Douglas B. Fir.
If you had one super power: Influence
Coffee (where are you and what do you order): Kitchen. Filtered Tap Water Fresh ground locally roasted beans.
Who’d you like to meet: People who are open to change for the better. People responsible for Rainforest destruction, Contractors/Developers willing to learn how to do things different, Government leaders who have the drive to make change.
Music: 88.5 or near that Frequency Modulation depending on what city i'm in, Live music that happens in that moment and will never happen again. Music I hear for the first time. Jazz, especially when it was recorded in the '60s. Crazy creative style I never imagined possible, something so simple I never imagined it possible. Bluegrass, Stan Getz, Vince Guaraldi, Chet Baker, Jazz Messengers, G Love, Nick Drake, Dave Brubeck, Black Happy, Shea Tea Folkin' Irish Band, Traditional Irish, Jack Johnson, John Scofield, Joseph Kelleher, Left Hand Smoke, Béla Fleck, Billy Strings, Billy Strange, Bill Frisell, Rufus Wainwright, Sufjan Stephens. NWA, A Tribe Called Quest, Beastie Boys, Grip Johnson, Surprise me with something new and different.
Album(s): Dave Brubeck: Take Five | Vince Guaraldi: A Charlie Brown Christmas
Book(s): Silvics of North America
Movie(s): Home movie clips on my iPhone
Redeem airline miles and fly where: Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil, Somewhere in South America. Ireland. Eastern Europe.
Favorite state: United
Pizza Toppings: Pepperoni
Can I get you a drink?: Eagle Rare, Blantons, or Rowan's Creek on the Rock (that's singular, one large cube) - Beer: Montucky Cold Snacks?
Mmmm beer: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
Play hooky for a day: Mountain Bike, MeadowBike. Go go for a trail run, float a river, day hike, plant some trees.
Three day weekend: Head to an old growth trail, backpack.
Influences: Positivity. Music. Creativity. Nature. My Dad, My Wife. My Kids, My Dog, Smokey Bear, John Muir, Chuck Yeager, The Wright Brothers, Woodsy Owl.
Daniel Platter
Director
Location: Oregon
Daniel was born to love nature. He is the grandson to Montana and Eastern Washington farmers where outdoor scenery was first class. As a young man he rushed through forest trying to climb every mountain, but now walks more deliberately through the woods, taking in all the details, and trying to understand the smallest interactions. He has lived in some loathsome places and some of the most scenic as well. Always has he noted that the wealthiest neighborhoods.... states..... countries have in common the luxury of natural beauty. As beauty ever more rapidly becomes a premium, and the earth's forests fall, as pavement prevails, as people build vacation homes where roots once held, he has endeavored to aid the natural world, and people in the process.
Powerful are opposing forces, and Dan Platter has made no mistake in pointing out that money is green for a reason. It is generated by conversion of our leafy natural heritage to currency. What a terrible irony that in this way we should become impoverished, and moreover diminished in soul!!!! Soundforest has given him the ultimate opportunity for volunteer tree planting (and planning for tree planting), a most loved task. It is his belief that wherever possible larger trees should be sought, thereby bringing the most shade, most life, most abundance, and most glory.
In the Emergency Department in Portland where he works as a physician, there are all too many who come exhausted, depressed, and in poverty of mind, and Dan has always hoped that they would find strength in nature, and a friend in a tall, silent, yet seemingly vigilant tree. Or at least feel more bright their own life's strength under the glorious shade of another. For it is in trees where so many things find solace and a place to live, and so should we all, one people, one body of living things, one green planet.
Name: DANIEL L PLATTER
Nickname: SKOGARIKKI
Schooling: MEDICINE
Top spots out doors: HIKING
Favorite type of tree: UH, THAT IS HIGHLY CONTESTED, AND DEPENDING WHERE I AM STANDING AT THE MOMENT
Favorite memory involving a tree: PLANTING A REDWOOD IN OREGON REDWOODS WHEN I PROPOSED TO MY WIFE
Clothing Brand: SCRUBS
Favorite superhero: THE TICK
Coffee (where are you and what do you order): BLUE KANGAROO, SELLWOOD OREGON
Who’d you like to meet: TEDDY ROOSEVELT
Music: JOSH RITTER; MISSING MARY
Book(s): DRACULA
Movie(s): LORD OF THE RINGS
Redeem 100,000 airline miles and fly where: NEW ZEALAND (AGAIN)
Favorite state: OREGON, TENNESSEE
Pizza Toppings: WHATEVER WIFE WILL EAT THAT DAY
Can I get you a drink?: BEER, CALDERA ASHLAND OREGON
Mmmm beer: AS ABOVE
Play hooky for a day: NORTH OREGON COAST
Three day weekend: OLYMPICS BABY
Three weeks: SOUTHERN OREGON NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BACKCOUNTRY
Influences: STRIP MALL EXPOSURES (OR FEAR OF SAID EVIL WHEN UNBLINDFOLDED)
Daniel was born to love nature. He is the grandson to Montana and Eastern Washington farmers where outdoor scenery was first class. As a young man he rushed through forest trying to climb every mountain, but now walks more deliberately through the woods, taking in all the details, and trying to understand the smallest interactions. He has lived in some loathsome places and some of the most scenic as well. Always has he noted that the wealthiest neighborhoods.... states..... countries have in common the luxury of natural beauty. As beauty ever more rapidly becomes a premium, and the earth's forests fall, as pavement prevails, as people build vacation homes where roots once held, he has endeavored to aid the natural world, and people in the process.
Powerful are opposing forces, and Dan Platter has made no mistake in pointing out that money is green for a reason. It is generated by conversion of our leafy natural heritage to currency. What a terrible irony that in this way we should become impoverished, and moreover diminished in soul!!!! Soundforest has given him the ultimate opportunity for volunteer tree planting (and planning for tree planting), a most loved task. It is his belief that wherever possible larger trees should be sought, thereby bringing the most shade, most life, most abundance, and most glory.
In the Emergency Department in Portland where he works as a physician, there are all too many who come exhausted, depressed, and in poverty of mind, and Dan has always hoped that they would find strength in nature, and a friend in a tall, silent, yet seemingly vigilant tree. Or at least feel more bright their own life's strength under the glorious shade of another. For it is in trees where so many things find solace and a place to live, and so should we all, one people, one body of living things, one green planet.
Name: DANIEL L PLATTER
Nickname: SKOGARIKKI
Schooling: MEDICINE
Top spots out doors: HIKING
Favorite type of tree: UH, THAT IS HIGHLY CONTESTED, AND DEPENDING WHERE I AM STANDING AT THE MOMENT
Favorite memory involving a tree: PLANTING A REDWOOD IN OREGON REDWOODS WHEN I PROPOSED TO MY WIFE
Clothing Brand: SCRUBS
Favorite superhero: THE TICK
Coffee (where are you and what do you order): BLUE KANGAROO, SELLWOOD OREGON
Who’d you like to meet: TEDDY ROOSEVELT
Music: JOSH RITTER; MISSING MARY
Book(s): DRACULA
Movie(s): LORD OF THE RINGS
Redeem 100,000 airline miles and fly where: NEW ZEALAND (AGAIN)
Favorite state: OREGON, TENNESSEE
Pizza Toppings: WHATEVER WIFE WILL EAT THAT DAY
Can I get you a drink?: BEER, CALDERA ASHLAND OREGON
Mmmm beer: AS ABOVE
Play hooky for a day: NORTH OREGON COAST
Three day weekend: OLYMPICS BABY
Three weeks: SOUTHERN OREGON NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BACKCOUNTRY
Influences: STRIP MALL EXPOSURES (OR FEAR OF SAID EVIL WHEN UNBLINDFOLDED)
Bill Davis
Director
Name: Bill Davis
Nickname: The One and Only Bill Davis
Schooling: Bachelor Fine Arts, Columbia College Chicago
Top spots out doors: A-basin
Favorite type of tree: The giant red bud in my front yard.
Favorite memory involving a tree: Planting the Northern Red Oak for my niece at her first family reunion
Clothing Brand: Thrift
Favorite superhero: Hmmm, I’m going to have to go with Wonder Woman on that one.
If you had one super power: The ability to fly while using invisibility, and the power to stop time while using X-Ray vision.
Coffee (where are you and what do you order): Anywhere and as much as possible
Who’d you like to meet: Danny Elfman
Band(s): The One and Only Bill Davis and His Kick Ass Friends, The The, Mike Evin, Gypsy Hombres, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Corb Lund, Mr Bungle
Album(s): 10cc: How Dare You
Book(s):The Giving Tree, The Velveteen Rabbit
Movie(s): Hard Rock Zombies, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Stop Making Sense, The ‘Burbs
Redeem 100,000 airline miles and fly where: Does Richard Branson have flights to the moon yet. I guess 100,000 miles still wouldn’t cover that?
Ireland and go directly to the Guinness Brewery
Favorite state: Suspension
Pizza Toppings: Vegetarian
Can I get you a drink?: Mmmm, BEER
Mmmm beer: Blackstone
Play hooky for a day: Chill and invite all my friends to play hooky at my house
Three day weekend: Coachella
Two weeks: Summerfest
Influences: Shel Silverstein, Mason Williams
Make me laugh: Two drums and a cymbal fall off a cliff….. Ba doom, chik
Did you hear about the newly weds that couldn’t tell the difference between Vaseline and putty? Their windows fell out.
Nickname: The One and Only Bill Davis
Schooling: Bachelor Fine Arts, Columbia College Chicago
Top spots out doors: A-basin
Favorite type of tree: The giant red bud in my front yard.
Favorite memory involving a tree: Planting the Northern Red Oak for my niece at her first family reunion
Clothing Brand: Thrift
Favorite superhero: Hmmm, I’m going to have to go with Wonder Woman on that one.
If you had one super power: The ability to fly while using invisibility, and the power to stop time while using X-Ray vision.
Coffee (where are you and what do you order): Anywhere and as much as possible
Who’d you like to meet: Danny Elfman
Band(s): The One and Only Bill Davis and His Kick Ass Friends, The The, Mike Evin, Gypsy Hombres, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Corb Lund, Mr Bungle
Album(s): 10cc: How Dare You
Book(s):The Giving Tree, The Velveteen Rabbit
Movie(s): Hard Rock Zombies, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Stop Making Sense, The ‘Burbs
Redeem 100,000 airline miles and fly where: Does Richard Branson have flights to the moon yet. I guess 100,000 miles still wouldn’t cover that?
Ireland and go directly to the Guinness Brewery
Favorite state: Suspension
Pizza Toppings: Vegetarian
Can I get you a drink?: Mmmm, BEER
Mmmm beer: Blackstone
Play hooky for a day: Chill and invite all my friends to play hooky at my house
Three day weekend: Coachella
Two weeks: Summerfest
Influences: Shel Silverstein, Mason Williams
Make me laugh: Two drums and a cymbal fall off a cliff….. Ba doom, chik
Did you hear about the newly weds that couldn’t tell the difference between Vaseline and putty? Their windows fell out.
Chris Sweeney
Supporter
Name: Chris Sweeney
Nickname: Sweeney y Grande
Schooling: University of Montana, Prescott College
Top spots out doors: Mountains, Deserts, Forests
Favorite type of tree: Maple, Aspen
Favorite memory involving a tree: I had an Aspen grove in my yard in Arizona. The sound of a breeze hitting a grove is ingrained in my mind.
Favorite clothing brand: Filson, Carhartt
If you had one super power: Time Control...
Coffee: As long as it is good, I will drink it with a splash of cream, and never more than two cups a day.
Who’d you like to meet: Thomas Jefferson
Music: Bluegrass mostly
Albums: Skip, Hop, and Wobble, the Telluride Sessions
Book(s): Vonnegut, Rand, Thoreau, O'Douglas, McCarthy
Redeem 100,000 airline miles and fly where: Home? Don't like flying much.
Favorite state: Tenntanza
Pizza: Sun Dried Tomato, and Jalepano
Can I get you a drink?: Beer
Mmmm beer: Make it a double!
Play hooky for a day: Warner
Three day weekend: Smoks
Three weeks: John Muir, Bob Marshall, Gila
Influences: My friends and family.
Nickname: Sweeney y Grande
Schooling: University of Montana, Prescott College
Top spots out doors: Mountains, Deserts, Forests
Favorite type of tree: Maple, Aspen
Favorite memory involving a tree: I had an Aspen grove in my yard in Arizona. The sound of a breeze hitting a grove is ingrained in my mind.
Favorite clothing brand: Filson, Carhartt
If you had one super power: Time Control...
Coffee: As long as it is good, I will drink it with a splash of cream, and never more than two cups a day.
Who’d you like to meet: Thomas Jefferson
Music: Bluegrass mostly
Albums: Skip, Hop, and Wobble, the Telluride Sessions
Book(s): Vonnegut, Rand, Thoreau, O'Douglas, McCarthy
Redeem 100,000 airline miles and fly where: Home? Don't like flying much.
Favorite state: Tenntanza
Pizza: Sun Dried Tomato, and Jalepano
Can I get you a drink?: Beer
Mmmm beer: Make it a double!
Play hooky for a day: Warner
Three day weekend: Smoks
Three weeks: John Muir, Bob Marshall, Gila
Influences: My friends and family.
Dwight Barnett
Forester
Name: Dwight Barnett
Schooling: BS forestry, Oregon State University
Top spots out doors: Virgin Fall SNA, TN; Driver Valley, SW OR
Favorite type of tree: White Oak, KY coffee tree, Chinese dove tree, Chinese pistache
Favorite memory involving a (million) tree(s): Did research in USFS that lead to setting aside two wilderness area (Cummins Creek and Rock Creek, OR)
Clothing Brand: Lands End or State of TN uniform
Favorite superhero: Jesus
If you had one super power: Better hearing so I could hear all the bird songs!
Coffee (where are you and what do you order): Coffee Frappaccino Lite at the Smyrna TN Starbucks
Who’d you like to meet: A senator who doesn’t take bribes from lobbyists
Music: Folk, especially Celtic
Albums: Ar Log I thru Pedwar, KY Christmas, the Moldau by Smetina, the Messiah by Handel, Brahms requiem, all Beatles, Inagodadiva by the Iron Butterfly, Preludes by Chopin…
Book(s): The Elegant Universe by Brian Green, Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold, the Behavior of Wildland Streams, Albion’s Seed, How the Irish Saved Civilization…
Movie(s): the one about the abolition of the slave trade in England.
Redeem airline miles and fly where: Italy, or the mountains of central China
Favorite state: KY/TN
Pizza Toppings: goat cheese and veggies
Mmmm beer: Mackisons extra stout, but that was when I could drink!
Play hooky for a day: Take the dogs for an unleashed walk in the woods
Three day weekend: Virgin Falls SNA, or Charleston SC, or Long Meadow MA
Three weeks: Pacific NW to visit family and friends
Influences: My friend Ted Wolfe, who coached me from a whimp to a distance runner; AA, which made spiritual changes.
Make me laugh: Early Saturday Nigh Live
Schooling: BS forestry, Oregon State University
Top spots out doors: Virgin Fall SNA, TN; Driver Valley, SW OR
Favorite type of tree: White Oak, KY coffee tree, Chinese dove tree, Chinese pistache
Favorite memory involving a (million) tree(s): Did research in USFS that lead to setting aside two wilderness area (Cummins Creek and Rock Creek, OR)
Clothing Brand: Lands End or State of TN uniform
Favorite superhero: Jesus
If you had one super power: Better hearing so I could hear all the bird songs!
Coffee (where are you and what do you order): Coffee Frappaccino Lite at the Smyrna TN Starbucks
Who’d you like to meet: A senator who doesn’t take bribes from lobbyists
Music: Folk, especially Celtic
Albums: Ar Log I thru Pedwar, KY Christmas, the Moldau by Smetina, the Messiah by Handel, Brahms requiem, all Beatles, Inagodadiva by the Iron Butterfly, Preludes by Chopin…
Book(s): The Elegant Universe by Brian Green, Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold, the Behavior of Wildland Streams, Albion’s Seed, How the Irish Saved Civilization…
Movie(s): the one about the abolition of the slave trade in England.
Redeem airline miles and fly where: Italy, or the mountains of central China
Favorite state: KY/TN
Pizza Toppings: goat cheese and veggies
Mmmm beer: Mackisons extra stout, but that was when I could drink!
Play hooky for a day: Take the dogs for an unleashed walk in the woods
Three day weekend: Virgin Falls SNA, or Charleston SC, or Long Meadow MA
Three weeks: Pacific NW to visit family and friends
Influences: My friend Ted Wolfe, who coached me from a whimp to a distance runner; AA, which made spiritual changes.
Make me laugh: Early Saturday Nigh Live
Jacob Brown
Supporter
Name: Jacob Farrell Brown
Nickname: Jacoby
Schooling: Belmont University
Top Spots Outdoors: White Mountains (NH), Baxter State Park/Katahdin, anything on the AT, and any National Park
Favorite type of tree: White Birch
Favorite memory involving a tree: My grandma had a huge crab apple tree that my brother and I would play in when we’d visit her.
Favorite clothing brand: Thrift?
If you had one super power: Stop time
Coffee: Whatever has the most caffeine!
Who'd you like to meet?: John Muir, Robert Frost, Macklemore, whoever started the phrase “YOLO”
Music: So much, but to name my current favorites: Macklemore X Ryan Lewis, River City Extension, Dawes, Mumford & Sons, Deuter, Alter Bridge, Loreena McKennitt, Florence + The Machine.
Albums: Lateralus, The Heist, Sigh No More, Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Your Anger
Book(s): Into Thin Air, Cujo, Into The Wild, The Hobbit
Redeem 10,000 airline miles and fly where? New Zealand, Ireland, or an obscure Pacific Island
Favorite State: New Hampshire or Washington
Pizza Toppings: Veggies!
Can I get you a drink?: Yes!
Mmmm Beer: Smuttynose Finestkind IPA
Play hooky for a day: Work on some music
Three day Weekend: Head to the Smoky Mountains
Influences: Good people who want to do good for everyone and everything.
Nickname: Jacoby
Schooling: Belmont University
Top Spots Outdoors: White Mountains (NH), Baxter State Park/Katahdin, anything on the AT, and any National Park
Favorite type of tree: White Birch
Favorite memory involving a tree: My grandma had a huge crab apple tree that my brother and I would play in when we’d visit her.
Favorite clothing brand: Thrift?
If you had one super power: Stop time
Coffee: Whatever has the most caffeine!
Who'd you like to meet?: John Muir, Robert Frost, Macklemore, whoever started the phrase “YOLO”
Music: So much, but to name my current favorites: Macklemore X Ryan Lewis, River City Extension, Dawes, Mumford & Sons, Deuter, Alter Bridge, Loreena McKennitt, Florence + The Machine.
Albums: Lateralus, The Heist, Sigh No More, Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Your Anger
Book(s): Into Thin Air, Cujo, Into The Wild, The Hobbit
Redeem 10,000 airline miles and fly where? New Zealand, Ireland, or an obscure Pacific Island
Favorite State: New Hampshire or Washington
Pizza Toppings: Veggies!
Can I get you a drink?: Yes!
Mmmm Beer: Smuttynose Finestkind IPA
Play hooky for a day: Work on some music
Three day Weekend: Head to the Smoky Mountains
Influences: Good people who want to do good for everyone and everything.
Rowan
Animal Perspective
Rowan is a lover of nature! He enjoys everything outdoors including utilizing tree trunks, tennis ball recovery, and eating endless samples of nuts, berries, twigs, and even bark. He is named after the Northern European Rowan tree Sorbus aucuparia. The Rowan tree itself is nicknamed "the bird catcher" because of the abundance of berries the tree displays. Birds flock to it's branches to feed. Many times the Rowan tree is planted near the entry of homes to ward off evil. Rowan trees are one of the most familiar wild trees in the British Isles, and has acquired numerous English folk names including: Delight of the eye (Luisliu), Quickbane, Quickbeam, Quicken, Round wood, Sorb apple, Thor's helper, Whispering tree, Whitty, Wicken-tree, Wiggin, Wiky, Witch wood, Witchbane, and Witchen.
Rowan the dog enjoys meeting other dogs, meeting other humans, eating, sniffing, retrieving, swimming, and sleeping.
Name: Rowan
Nickname: Frodo, Row-Dog, Row Butt, Robot, Rowy, Rusty, boy, RD, and Ardie.
Schooling: Pet Smart, Dogs and Kat Training
Top spots out doors: Where ever there is water, Tree farms, Back yard, Sevier Park, and Percy Warner Park
Favorite type of tree: Rowan, Dogwood a very close second.
Favorite memory involving a tree: Eating Hackberries from fallen tree branches.
Clothing Brand: Bison Design, Chaco.
Favorite superhero: Hosehead from Strange Brew
If you had one super power: Be able to open the fridge
Coffee (where are you and what do you order): Back seat of the jeep, when no one's looking, I protract my tongue to it's fullest extent and boom, I lap a drink from a unattended mug in the front cup holder. Ouch! That stuff is hot! It always gets me.
Who’d you like to meet: Any human, any dog. Love meeting new people and K9s.
Music: Temple of the Dog, Three Dog Night, Snoop dog.
Album(s): Beach Boys: Pet Sounds | Tom Waits: Rain Dogs | Iron and Wine: The Shepherd's Dog | Heart: Dog and Butterfly | Songs I like too... Baha Men: Who let the dogs out | Elvis: Hound Dog | Led Zepplin: Black Dog
Book(s): Dr. Seuss:Fox in Sox
Movie(s): Reservoir Dogs, Marley and Me
Redeem 100,000 airline miles and fly where: Don't fly much.
Favorite state: Sleeping.
Pizza Toppings: Love crust!
Can I get you a drink?: I'll take a water.
Mmmm beer: Flying Dog
Play hooky for a day: Swimming. Any river, lake, stream, pond... I'm there.
Three day weekend: Same.
Two weeks: Noooo! Don't leave me.
Influences: Scooter the cat.
Rowan the dog enjoys meeting other dogs, meeting other humans, eating, sniffing, retrieving, swimming, and sleeping.
Name: Rowan
Nickname: Frodo, Row-Dog, Row Butt, Robot, Rowy, Rusty, boy, RD, and Ardie.
Schooling: Pet Smart, Dogs and Kat Training
Top spots out doors: Where ever there is water, Tree farms, Back yard, Sevier Park, and Percy Warner Park
Favorite type of tree: Rowan, Dogwood a very close second.
Favorite memory involving a tree: Eating Hackberries from fallen tree branches.
Clothing Brand: Bison Design, Chaco.
Favorite superhero: Hosehead from Strange Brew
If you had one super power: Be able to open the fridge
Coffee (where are you and what do you order): Back seat of the jeep, when no one's looking, I protract my tongue to it's fullest extent and boom, I lap a drink from a unattended mug in the front cup holder. Ouch! That stuff is hot! It always gets me.
Who’d you like to meet: Any human, any dog. Love meeting new people and K9s.
Music: Temple of the Dog, Three Dog Night, Snoop dog.
Album(s): Beach Boys: Pet Sounds | Tom Waits: Rain Dogs | Iron and Wine: The Shepherd's Dog | Heart: Dog and Butterfly | Songs I like too... Baha Men: Who let the dogs out | Elvis: Hound Dog | Led Zepplin: Black Dog
Book(s): Dr. Seuss:Fox in Sox
Movie(s): Reservoir Dogs, Marley and Me
Redeem 100,000 airline miles and fly where: Don't fly much.
Favorite state: Sleeping.
Pizza Toppings: Love crust!
Can I get you a drink?: I'll take a water.
Mmmm beer: Flying Dog
Play hooky for a day: Swimming. Any river, lake, stream, pond... I'm there.
Three day weekend: Same.
Two weeks: Noooo! Don't leave me.
Influences: Scooter the cat.
