birthday: January 21

General Stuff:
- scarves
- craft books (any kind)
- religious art (esp. Russian or Greek icons)
- fountain pens
- gift card for Colorado Pen Direct

Music:
- Handel's Messiah, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
- Into Great Silence: Office of the Night (soundtrack), Jade Records

Knitting!
- fancy (exotic materials?) knitting needles
- yarn, knitting supplies or gift cards for yarn shops

birthday: April 18

Books, Notebooks, Journals, paper, etc.:
- Rhodia pads, any size, grid paper (available at Utrecht Art Supply)
- Leuchtturm notebooks, any size, ruled pages (available at Powell's Books or Amazon.com)

Gift Certificates:
- Oregon Leather
- Adorama
- Newegg.com
- Apple, Apple Store or iTunes store
- REI

Subscriptions:
- Lenswork Magazine, "Combo" subscription

Music:
- Psalms of David Complete, Choir of St Paul's Cathedral, John Scott, 2002
- Dark Night of the Soul, Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse (these are the artists, I'm not kidding), 2010, CD or Amazon's exclusive MP3 + PDF book edition.

Lectures from The Teaching Company (audio CD versions, only if they're on sale):
- Early Christianity: The Experience of the Divine, Luke Timothy Johnson, #647
- The Vikings, Kenneth W. Harl, #3910
- Francis of Assisi, William R. Cook & Ronald B. Hertman, #615

Lectures from The Center for Spiritual Development (www.center-for-spiritual-development.org)
- Brian McLaren (June 16-17, 2006)
- Marcus Borg and Huston Smith (March 17-18, 2006)
- James Finley (May 12-13, 2006)

- religious art; icons, etc.
- Powells Books gift card (Powells.com)
- Trader Joe's gift card