Just finished "The Hiram Key" which is about Freemasonry and "Orbiting the Giant Hairball" about life in the corporation.

Just started rereading "The Templar Revelations" which is about heresy.

Occasionally read bits from "The Tanakh" or from "Notes to Myself" by Hugh Prather - just for a little inspiration.

Read lots of magazines - "Acoustic Guitar", "Sing Out", "The Smithsonian", "American Heritage", "The Utne Reader", "Training"

Lots of WEB stuff, too - Mudcat (some of the best stuff), The Nation, The Realist, Twangzine

I have two rules: 1. Take whatever side trips and 2. Read everything that you can.

You never know when you'll pass up the one thing that you really, really need later on.