born: Mobile, AL, USA… Jan 4, 1962. Opposite the globe from the monastic regions of Tibet.

grew up: more or less in Birmingham, AL, USA… just a little bit of a southern accent.

schools: public schools, Georgia Tech  architecture, 1985… France for a year.

work: Lots of it for a long time… Retail design… it’s only temporary. Gets dangerous when you take it too seriously. Nun: 4.5 yrs.

family: Yes, we still speak to one another, amidst a cacophony of personalities… I have a son; there is no cacophony there.

bliss: Yes. Never forget… But when the inevitable occurs, it can always be remembered.