jwkoncape
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | professor |
| Location | Osterville, Massachusetts, United States |
| Introduction | I am a professor at Cape Cod Community College and and a member of a Buddhist order. After a 30-year career as a newspaper reporter and editor I became a full-time professor in 2001. I am the author of the textbooks "The Elements of News Writing" and "The Elements of Academic Writing." I enjoy running, hiking and camping. I have two grown sons and two grandchildren. |
| Interests | meditation, Buddhism, running, journalism, writing, editing, reading, hiking, camping, Thich Nhat Hanh, Ben Franklin, peace, peacemaking, spirituality, yoga, National Coalition Building Institute, NCBI, Cape Cod. |
| Favorite movies | The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Jean de Florette, Mannon of the Spring, Groundhog Day, Spring Summer Fall Winter Spring, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Waking Life, Crash, Mr. Holland's Opus, Brokeback Mountain, Like Water for Chocolate, Fun With Dick and Jane (the original one), When Harry Met Sally,Dead Poets Society, the Fisher King, Adaptation, The Truman Show, Fahrenheit 911, Waking Life, The Wedding Banquet. |
| Favorite music | Carrie Newcomer, Guggenheim Grotto, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Shania Twain, Rod McDonald, David Wilcox, The Beatles, The Dixie Chicks, Paul Simon, Alison Kraus, Alan Jackson, Peter Paul and Mary, The Wilkinsons, Tom Chapin, Harry Chapin, Ricky Nelson, Buddy Holly, James Taylor, Judy Collins, The Kingston Trio. |
| Favorite books | The Shipping News, The Miracle of Mindfulness, Living Buddha Living Christ, Peace is Every Step, Zen Mind Beginners Mind, Trout Fishing in America, The Orchid Thief, Hiroshima, In Cold Blood, Richard Brautigan, Kurt Vonnigut, Annie Prioulx, Anne Tyler, Thich Nhat Hanh |