I like this thread
I will probably edit this post several times. Also, I am altering my list. I will list the things that attract me, the things that repel me, the things that I am indifferent to that usually rile up most people, and the things that are problematic for me, because sometimes I do not love the things that attract me, or hate the things that repel me (especially if they are irrational fears), and unexplained problems aren't always health issues.
Attractions:
Simple real food, campfire cooking, farm museums, the slightly cow-ey sour-ish smell of a clean dairy, streams and swampy places in the woods, spiders / cobwebs, bees, practical fiber arts of all kinds, functional / symmetrical pottery, books written by Anne Rice, Jane Auel, Kenneth Roberts, James Mitchener, and Edward Rutherfurd, pregnancy and breastfeeding, birthing without a professional attendant, the British Isles in general, the American Prairie in general, North American forest land in general, draft horses, working dogs (herders, sled, hunting dogs), common farm / game animals (I am my quietest mentally when around them, tend to talk to them like people, and am very okay with and appreciative of their place in my diet,) stone houses, wattle-and-daub houses, cordwood masonry buildings, farmhouses with big porches, screened sleeping porches, the lingering smell of wood smoke on clothing, the smell of pipe tobacco, the smell and feel of the air after rain, thunderstorms, loud / rhythmic music, fiddle music, well-executed harmonies, narrative poetry (think Robert Frost, James Whitcomb Riley, Robert Service, etc,) castles, dry stone walls, laid hedges, 1940's hairstyles and everyday clothing, gardens-run-riot / closely planted, linen and wool fabrics, single-piece leather "bog shoes" (and really, anything found on bog-find bodies,) kissing, being held closely by someone much bigger than me, little boys with long shaggy hair, French braids (I always wear my hair in two braids, parted in the middle, and my greatest delight is when my friend will French braid it for me. I can't do it myself.) sweet meads, dark malty beer, traditional Japanese farms / villages
Repellants:
Spicy food, food prep (cutting vegetables, etc), large or dirty farms, docks / marinas / piers, standing within 6 feet of the edge of a precipice, house centipedes, non-functional / impractical "crafts", abstract art, deconstructed art, "historical" fiction that fails to convey a proper sense of the time / place, hospitals as a routine birthing place, obstetricians, movies / books depicting rape (almost guarantees I never watch it or pick it back up again,) lap or show or noisy dogs, large-scale commercial agriculture (especially monoculture / single-animal focus,) abstract / asymmetrical architecture, plastic, the smell of cigarettes (especially stale cigarette smoke,) dissonant music, experimental jazz, anything off-key, non-narrative poetry, wire fences, homes with "cathedral ceilings" in the living space, makeup as a daily necessity (I cringe and have to resist the urge to smack people who talk about "putting on my face" in the morning,) places without water or trees, gardens with wide rows and lots of exposed earth, shoes with pointy toes and/or spike heels, polyester, pantyhose, jewelry that can't be left on for a long stretch of time, having my back scratched, wine, hops
