CURRENT MISSION

To savor life. To explore the wild.

ABOUT ME

I have lived in Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, and Papua New Guinea. I suggest that everyone go to each of those countries, each of which hold tremendous beauty, treasures, and challenges. I am increasingly fascinated by infinity, and am wanting to immerse myself in the writing of Borges, but that seems like a huge lifetime project, and it's a bit scary. The Aleph is my favorite short story.

PHILOSOPHY

Life is an amazing gift and an amazing challenge. I am motivated by many things, including a desire to understand, contemplate, and experience. A personal goal is to live more and more in the present moment. This is a life's journey.

Interests

writing, theatre, film, adventuring outdoors, organic farming, traveling, learning languages, cooking, eating, swimming in lakes and oceans, the stars

• writing
• beauty
• cooking
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• swimming
• languages
• lakes

Music, Movies, and Books

Otis Redding, Buddy Guy, Lila Downs, Antony and the Johnsons, Neil Young, Paul Simon, Corey Harris, Nina Simone, Fela Kuti, Leonard Cohen, Ray Charles, Chairman Wow, Aimee Mann, Goh Nakamura, Silvio Rodriguez

Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Cinema Paradiso, Into the Wild, Purple Rose of Cairo, Gattaca, I Was Born But..., Twin Peaks

Endgame, by Samuel Beckett; Secrets of the Talking Jaguar, by Martin Prechtel; Sister Outsider, by Audre Lorde; Zorba the Greek, by Nikos Kazantzakis; Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, by Philip K. Dick; House of the Sleeping Beauties, by Yasunari Kawabata; Jump, by Nadine Gordimer

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Celebrated Dia de los Muertos in Ixhuatan, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Teach, Learn, Share

I make mean pie crust. I can confidently cook a number of Mexican and Peruvian dishes. I am fluent in Spanish, and am learning Portuguese. I have much experience teaching creative writing, and am an excellent editor, and skilled grantwriter.

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