- My nickname is Papaya. And I like to eat papayas, but not
as much as I like to eat mangoes.
- My life is devoted to the Divine. While many faiths have given
me guidance and inspiration, I have been blessed to find my paths.
- I have a passion for computer stuff.
I now teach two HTML classes here
on campus. I want to share the creative, empowering knowledge of
web page design with other people! I also work as a computer consultant at
the Beardsley Computer lab.
- Right now (October 14, 1999, 1:43am) I'm in my last semester
at Swarthmore College, majoring in English Literature.
I would have graduated with the class of '99 last
May, but I took a semester off last fall. I stayed at home
to heal from the surgery I had during the summer to remove
a benign brain tumor. It was a life-changing miracle, opening my eyes to
a deep process of reevaluation. The healing is still continuing on all
levels -- emotional, psychological, spiritual, physical -- since the
only separation between these "parts" of myself is a social construction.
- My heart is planted in a number of important places on Earth:
- Ashland, Oregon - the homebase where I've lived for all my 22 years. I was born in the house where I still live, in the sacred bedroom that used to be my dad's and is now mine when I'm at home. Returning to that town is like crawling back into a warm bed.
- Ceu do Mapia, Brazil - a spiritual community in the depths of the Amazon rainforest where I lived June and July 1999. There I experienced awakening, healing, cleansing, growth, learning and surrender.
- Italy - a country that holds rich, deep memories for me. I studied abroad during fall '97, living in Parma for a semester. I got a chance to travel all over the country, falling in love with the people, food, places, culture, history, art and language. I especially feel a connection with Florence, where my grandmother lived for nine years when my aunts were growing up. I also now know that at least one of my past lives was spent in Italy (as I've gotten the chance to go back into the experiences of that time).
- Swarthmore, Pennsylvania - a valuable point for my education and self-exploration. While I've had my ups and downs here, I know I chose the right college for myself. I have a much different perspective now than when I came here as a first-year in late August, 1995. In some ways it's kind of hard to accept the fact that this is my last semester here. I walk around and look up at the beautiful trees of the arboretum and thank the powers above that I am here.
- Pinecrest, California - a place for me to get back to nature, feel nurtured in my family, laugh a lot, and be a kid again.
- Guatemala - where I had one of the highest highs of my life (no substances involved), though it still has no logical explanation. There I found the Rainbow Cafe, found my guides, found my Queens, found my power and found a new side of myself.
These explanations are true in this moment, though they're subject to change.