Born in the United States Midwest, I have lived in the East Coast, Southwest, and California.... My interests embrace the arts and humanities, international cinema, the Romantic and Modernist periods, literature, social sciences, nature, hiking, environmentalism.... I respect all creatures and am a vegan.... I did my graduate studies in psychology in Berkeley.... I've written articles on film, and am working on a novel.... I'm a Europhile.... Create graphic design, wood sculpture, collage, interior design.... I designed and built my passive solar house.