I am a Pantheistic-Pagan-Hippy-Leftist-Tree Huggin'-Animal and Nature Lover, who has been trained to be a Wicca priest; but mostly, I am a philosopher.  i practice zazen in the Soto tradition of Dogen-zenji and I currently attend weekly practice with the Zen Group of Chattanooga.

I was born during the Big Bang, almost 15 Billion years ago. In this, my present life-form, I came into being during The Year of The Dragon four cycles ago, under a Libra Sun and a Cancer Moon. In a sea of roughly 6 billion people, I am alone, except for my ex-wife, my son, two dogs, a bird, 150 snakes, and a back yard full of bonsai. I have no close friends who visit or call. I suppose it's the Life I chose when I said, "I would rather be loathed for who I am than to be loved for who I am not."