CURRENT MISSION

To leave the world a better place than I found it

ABOUT ME

I'm the director of a nonprofit art center; trustee at our local community college; art-and-poetry-loving Democrat; married to a public education administrator, and father to 2 amazing young men (who no longer live at home). I'm an average guy just trying to do right in the world.

PHILOSOPHY

We have a purpose.

Interests

art, hiking, camping, poetry, public education, non-profit management, genealogy; used book stores

• poetry
• education
• hiking
• camping
• swimming
• teaching
• genealogy

Music, Movies, and Books

Fav movies: Wes Anderson and Julie Taymor movies; Shakespeare adaptations

Music: Pandora is currently set to Asaf Avidan; others: U2, Peter Gabriel, BNL, Fred Eaglesmith, Flobots

Poets: Langston Hughes and other Harlem Renaissance writers; mid-century American poets

We travel to see live Shakespeare - esp. performances out of doors

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Swimming in a biolumiscent bay on Vieques off the coast of Puerto Rico on my son's 10th birthday. It was like floating thru a million liquid birthday candles.

Midnight Christmas Eve Mass at Notre-Dame and hearing the 300 year old Emmanuel Bell that is only rung on special occasions.

Hiking the Grand Canyon rim-to-rim in one day; sitting next to Yoko Ono on a Central Park bench for an hour; getting sprayed by the White House sprinklers).

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Spain, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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