"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration. We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders
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About Me
- Bio
A young at heart geezer residing in Northern Thailand. Spent many decades as a university teacher of World Literature and ESL.
Nature is my home and refuge. Languages [Slovak, Russian, Spanish, English, Japanese. Thai ] are but one my tools. Raised in Slovakia but have roamed the entire planet much like a gypsy.
Spent time at Eiheiji Temple in Japan as a Zen monk.
Literature and music are passions.
- Skills and talents
- Living while trying not to harm or violate the planet. Respecting all life.
- Interests
- art, haiku, Japanse culture and writing, Literature, music [classical and tradtional], photography
- What I'm Reading
- Currently: Blindsight - Peter Watts, Amor en los Tiempos de Cólera - Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez
- What I'm Listening To
- Beethoven - String Quartet No 15 [at this moment]
- Movies I've Seen Recently
- Angels in America, The Hours, The History Boys, The Fall
- Websites I'm Into
- Uncovering the Biology of Belief, Roger Ebert's Journal
Education
- High school
- Rosemead H.S. Rosemead, California
- College
- Lost Angelse State University
- Graduate school
- San Francisco State University
Work
- Employer
- Retired in 2000 from Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Córdoba, México
- Position
- Professor
