Personal Interests

While I focus my time and effort on my massage career these days, I also maintain interest in my prior careers and actively participate in several communities.

• Fremont Noodle House Group
  Since 1998, I have convened a monthly meeting of independent business professionals.

• World Music and Dance
  I love world music and study and play West African, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban and other percussion-heavy music traditions.

• Internet Marketing and Online Publishing
  Since the dawn of the internet era, I have published information and promoted businesses, performers, and non-profits online.

• Book Publishing
  My first career was in college textbook publishing.

• Other Interests
  I am proud to be affiliated with the Johnny Jeptack Propulsion Laboratory. I love living in Seattle, but I also love New York and made a trip there to see Christo’s The Gates Feb. 12 & 13, 2005. I am also a reformed juggler. Until most of my favorite players retired, I was a roller derby fan (and even went on the road with the RCRG to Tucson and the DLF to Austin).

• Volunteer Work
  I regularly help events and non-profits like Seeds of Compassion, Seattle Empty Bowls, and similar organizations. For the past fifteen years I have volunteered for Seattle arts events like Fremont’s Moisture Festival, Honk Fest West, Bumbershoot, the Fremont Solstice Parade, and the World Rhythm Festival. I served for two years as a board member for the Seattle World Percussion Society, the organization that stages the World Rhythm Festival. When I lived in the Bay Area, I served as a juror for the National Educational Media Network. And when I lived in New York City I did volunteer work in homeless shelters.

In addition to massage topics, I also blog on this site about a bunch of other personal interests, including small-world stories, roller derby, technology, overheard dialogue, and other random topics. The “tag cloud” over there in the right-hand column will give you an idea of what I have blogged about.

This page created 1/22/03; last updated 2/8/2010.