CURRENT MISSION

rambling in wonder

ABOUT ME

After college I took a few years to travel the world and farm in Italy. Now I'm pursuing a PhD in philosophy, with a focus on issues raised by climate change.

For less generic facets of my personality, you'll just have to meet me!

PHILOSOPHY

Wonder leads to gratitude leads to generosity

Interests

philosophy - esp Nietzsche and German 19th century phil, ecology, Italian Renaissance, Russian literature, self-sufficiency

• literature
• running
• traveling
• ecology
• wwoof

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Shostakovitch, Stravinsky, lots more classical, Sufjan Stevens, Beirut, The Mountain Goats, Sigur Rós, Bob Dylan...and this http://bit.ly/3TvIXT

Books: The Brothers Karamazov, Anna Karenina, The Master and Margarita, Dead Souls, Steppenwolf, Walden, Tao Te Ching...

Movies: Synecdoche New York, There Will Be Blood, Revolutionary Road, Children of Men, WALL-E, Ratatouille, The Dark Knight etc....plus most of the movies directed by Terrence Malick, the Coen Brothers, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and Stanley Kubrick

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Watching a troop of langur monkeys run screaming down the road, followed by screeching peacocks bursting from the tall grass, one after the other, and in the end a glimpse of the leopard who caused it all.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have an awful lot to say about how great WWOOF (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) is and a great deal to say about how awful climate change is.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Belize, Cambodia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Jordan, Laos, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Italy, United States