These are lives that have touched mine. I offer up here my true wealth and all my secrets
Sarah Corson and Ken Corson, http://www.sifat.org/index.htm, Methodist missionaries who were my grade school teachers on the Isle of Pines, Cuba, have founded SIFAT and now train Third World peoples in practical self-help skills and community development principals. Sarah's new book is, "Glimpses of God in the Lives of the Poor."
Shuyuan Wang, http://blog.yam.com/sywang/, snippets from the life of a native Taiwanese university professor (in Chinese).
Cheryl Chow, http://salsataiwan.blog.com/, An American Taiwanese born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. Cheryl left Taiwan and has relocated to California where she is writing, about cats among other things. Her new cat blog is at http://cat-tales-blog.blogspot.com/.
Gabriele Romagnoli, http://www.naviinbottiglia.it/biografia.asp, A wonderful soul I met through Arianna Caroli. Everything he writes is in Italian so, sadly, I haven't read a word of it.
Jerome F. Keating, http://zen.sandiego.edu.8080/Jerome, writes articles about Taiwan, its history, and its current struggles with those who would deny it self-determination.
Alan Gerstle, http://blog.alangerstle.net/, a playwright I knew in my (trying to be) wild Greenwich Village days. He's since moved to other cities and other kinds of writing.
Elliot Pike, http://www.elliotpike.com/, This is not his real identity, which must for the moment remain hidden. But on this site are recorded his real feelings and ideas.
Scott Ezell, http://www.scottezell.org/, Kicked out of Taiwan for giving a free concert, Scott bounced all over the whole world and has now landed in Seattle where he's working on poetry, music, and art. His abstract landscapes are posted at http://www.scottezellgallery.com/. His poem cycle "Migration" can be found here: http://coocoo-for-coca-puffs.blogspot.com/2008/01/migration-8-part-series-of-poems-by.html.
Syd Goldsmith, http://www.jadephoenix.us/, is an American writer in Taiwan I have only met once. His new novel, Jade Phoenix, is sold here, http://www.bookman.com.tw/bookdetails.asp?bokno=10006641.
Todd Broadman, http://maidenfoxden.typepad.com/, responded to a piece of my writing on the internet. He left the corporate world behind and now lives in a staw bale house in Idaho, where he writes.
Pittershawn Palmer, http://www.pittershawnpalmer.com/, has published her first book of poems, Words Loving Emotions, Poems to Awaken The Soul.
Annecy Baez, http://www.annecybaez.com/index.html, A social work professional from the Dominican Republic who is also a writer, artist and at the hub of a cluster of New York City's Domincan writers and artists.
Tara Harold, http://www.taraodyssey.blogspot.com/, now lives in Kuwait, where she has joined a writing group and is writing.
Christopher Buonanno, http://21st-century-america.blogspot.com/, By day a repairman of curbside pay phones in New York City. by night, dressed to the hilt, a mysterious author haunting the bars of Chelsea, including two restaurants where I worked as a waiter. He authored the Vietnam-era novel "Beyond The Flag" and then dropped out of sight. Now he's emerged on a blog with some startling opinions.
Elyse Ribbons, http://www.iheartbeijing.com/, Elyse came to a dream group I held in Beijing, People's Republic of China. She's an actress, playwright, and director all wrapped into one.
Chris and Winnie, http://omnivoyage.org/, These are two free spirits traveling the world, writing, and living. At the moment they're on their way to India.
artists
Arianna Caroli, http://www.ariannacaroli.com/, now lives and paints in Miami Beach, Florida. Her beautiful book "On The Way," features her art and spiritual journey.
Giora Carmi, http://www.portfolios.com/GioraCarmi, does wonderful illustrations for books. He's also become an art therapist now and practices in New York City.
Deborah Hillman, http://lifwynnfoundation.org/Deborah'sbio.htm, who I know from the Dream Network years, left New York City for Vermont where she is now doing her art.
David Klass, http://www.davidklass.com/, from my neighborhood in New York, still has his studio in Chelsea, where he does sculpture.
Wang Kuan-Ting, http://blog.roodo.com/strwang/, is at SUNY, New Paltz getting a Masters in art. For photos of his odyssey: http://www.flickr.com/photos/strwang/. His portfolio is here: http://www.wang-kuan-ting.blogspot.com/.
Arjun Kochhar, http://www.karunaworks.com/brahmaforces/, from the New York meditation group, has returned to India to pursue his art, business, and spiritual practice.
Katie Feucht, http://www.katieberry.com/, is a wonderful enlightened soul with one foot in Zen and one on the Sufi path. She also does these folk prints, which her son markets for her.
Brent Loken, http://brentloken.edublogs.org/, pioneering a new type of education in Taiwan.
Lin Su-Jing (a.k.a., "Bright"), http://bright.crutchlow.co.uk/, My wonderful Chinese teacher and the founder of the Taichung tea shop dream group we do every Sunday morning. Her Chinese learning site is Brighten Up. Her other learning-Chinese site: http://chinese.crutchlow.co.uk/
photographers
Marcy Hargan, http://www.flickr.com/photos/63779803@N00, wiles away her time in the East Village drinking wine and editing books. But in her free time she travels the world and photographs its wonders.
Tony Hoffman, http://home.earthlink.net~tonyhoffman/index.htm, is carrying on the New York City dream group. He's an amateur astronomer, poet, quintessential New Yorker and photographer. His photos are at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyhoffman/
MaryAnn Kirk, http://www.flickr.com/photos/83958328@N00/, My sister pursues a life of good food, exercise and travel.
Kristen Ulfsparre, http://www.ulfsparre.com/, a former co-worker of mine at my New York City "day job," now has a website of her photographs. More of her photos are here: http://ulfsparre.smugmug.com/. Her knitting blog is here: http://gottoknit.blogspot.com/.
Mark Wilkie, http://www.freewebs.com/taiwanyuhina/index.htm, This man loves Taiwan and cares deeply about the preservation of its birds and natural habitats. He provided all the birding links listed here.
Ted Burger, with whom I meditated at the Ch'an Center, has made the documentary film "Amongst White Clouds," in China. He's Commonfolk China's Project Director at http://www.commonfolkchina.com/.
parents, philosophers, others
Chris Hudson, Chris took over the Dream Network when I passed it on. He eventually passed it on too and has since dedicated himself to being a human being and a father. To my view he's been a great success at both. His initimate confessions are posted in this on-line diary: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/7/9/105647/8182
Christian Helmut Wenzel, http://staffweb.ncnu.edu.tw/wenzel/, My one friend up in the mountains where we live half the time is this amazing German philosopher, a man of rare intellgence who always has something interesting to say. His book, "An Introduction to Kant's Aesthetics: Core Concepts and Problems" can be purchased here.
Jane Pei, http://www.flickr.com/photos/gearfox/, is a rare and sensitive soul who teaches high school here in Taiwan. Her dream is to go abroad to get her Ph.D. in geography. On this site she's posted photos of her travels.
Matthew McConeghy, http://mmcconeghy.com/, my college room mate at Duke University, is a professor at Johnson & Wales University in Rhode Island. He travels the world and posts his photos and comments on this interesting site.
Sonia R. Martinez, http://www.soniatasteshawaii.com/, we knew each other on the Isle of Pines, Cuba when we were teenagers. Now she's living the good life in Hawaii and has written a cookbook which you can buy here.
Henry A. Hespenheide, http://www.eeb.ucla.edu/indivfaculty.php?FacultyKey=977, my old friend from Duke University, is a professor at UCLA. He does research on tropical ecology and evolutionary biology.
Mireya D. Correa A., http://www.stri.org/english/scientific_staff/staff_scientist/scientist.php?id=8, another old friend from Duke University, is staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.
Lynn Sennett Schlossberg, http://www.lifecoachsennett.com/, and I waited on tables together many years ago in Scottie's Restaurant. Everybody always called her a modern-day "Fairy God Mother." Now, with academic credentials, she's doing that for a living, only she calls herself a Life Coach.
Louis Baudry, http://thereisonlyonelife.blogspot.com/, left Taiwan and went to France, where he's started to blog.