Storyteller & writer. Fascinated by the human condition. Old soul. Beloved daughter. Loyal friend. Biased liberal. Avid reader. Crazy about travel. Zen seeker. Speaker of various tongues. Knowledge gatherer. Culture freak. Technology buff. Tolerant people watcher. Straight talker. Secret keeper. Joke maker. Afraid of people with no sense of humor. Soul reader. Karma believer. Food sharer. Loyal subject of the Universe. Seeker of the forever man. Hater of war, racists, supremacists, xenophobes, nationalists, fundamentalists, and ignoramuses. Despiser of gratuitous drama and ego trips. Realist. Determined to find happiness even if it kills me (because let's face it, eventually it will).