Most of my days are spent writing either for myself or for one of my clients, in or around Boulder, Colorado. I’ve been writing for all of my adult life and my first work of fiction, The Mysterious Divination of Tea Leaves, was published in 2009.  Since then a second book, A Heart Blown Open, was picked up by Divine Arts Media and released in February 2012.  (Watch a 3-minute interview on A Heart Blown Open.)

To round things out, I’m also a long-time practitioner and teacher of Northern Shaolin Kung Fu and Rinzai Zen, and bring the same level of discipline and focus to my writing that I do to those two things. But just so you don’t get the wrong idea, I’m also fond of sleeping in and drinking ales, and have been known to take several uncalled for flights of fancy a day.

On occasion I dabble  in philosophy and academia, and the future of art and art criticism have long been a fascination for me, especially as an active writer. More on that can be found here.

Since leaving the Philadelphia in 2006, I’ve given up my love of sailing and replaced it with a much more exhilarating love of motorcycling (I have a 1972 BMW R/65) in the summer, and skiing in the winter.

If you’d like to learn more about me, it’s probably best to peruse my journals, which are sparse now but which will be gradually filled out over 2012.  Also feel free to check out my photo gallery, and I’m always happy to meet new folks on Facebook.