Michael
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Non-Profit |
| Occupation | Peace & Justice |
| Location | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Introduction | Rome is my Paris. I studied architecture in Venice and had a thirty-five year career in design prior to becoming a missioner. I grew up in the foothills of Appalachia and my wilderness experience has been hiking the Appalachian and Daniel Boone Trails, and fishing in the Rocky Mountains. |
| Interests | Religion, Art, Architecture & Design, Photography, Peace & Justice I am a Red Cross Volunteer and I was deployed to Southern Mississippi after Huricane Katrina and to Southern California after the 2007 Wild Fires. Trained by Zen Hospice Project, San Francisco, I am a hospice volunteer. |
| Favorite movies | To Kill A Mockingbird, Gandhi, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Hitchcock Films, Swept Away, and Wertmuller's other films, The English Patient, Painted Veil, The Reader,I Am Love |
| Favorite music | Sting, Elton John, Ella Fitzgerald, Maurice Durufle, Italian Opera, Aaron Neville,Bryan Ferry,Coldplay Jacqueline du Pre, Norah Jones, Roy Orbison, The Edge,Bach, Mozart |
| Favorite books | The Gospel, W. B. Yeat's Poetry, Rumi, David Whyte, Thomas Merton's Writings, Biographies, Poetry |