ABOUT ME

Goofy, energetic, whip-smart.
Loyal, honest and open.
Tools of the trade: spoke wrench, wok and a decent pen.

Interests

Running - trails, roads, on track, fast, long, blistered, barefoot, up up up and down. "Epicing." Writing - D.F. Wallace, Steinbeck, Hugo, Abbey. Many more I'm woefully forgetting at this time.
Literature, art, and artful conversation - these are the most reliable ways I know to get a hint at the multifarious and mysterious orientations of friends, family and new friends (i.e.everyone).
Maps. Well-written accounts of adventures of the body +/or mind +/or spirit.

• arts
• writing
• literature
• running
• flowers
• track and field
• cartography

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Moon rise above the Clark Range. Bribery of a local Chinese official with oil and milk. DFW's Eschaton scene from Infinite Jest. And yet, "The beauties of the highest heavens and the marvels of the sublimest realms are all within the heart: this is where the perfectly open and aware spirit concentrates" (The Secret of the Golden Flower, trans. Cleary).

Countries I’ve Visited

France, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, United States