age: 33 (Jun 21, 1978)

MEMBER SINCE: March 2005

occupation: Writer of living epistles

crush: Riccardo the stable boy

stats: one daughter, age 9; two sons, ages 4 and 2

sign: Slow children playing

most humbling moment: Darshan with my spiritual teacher

i lost my virginity: In an old hotel that has since been bulldozed to the ground.

into: Pottery, dancing, reading, meditation, gardening, camping, homebirth and childbirth education, long hot showers with the door locked.

gets me hot: Seeing someone do what they are passionate about doing.

makes me happy: Spring, clean sheets, the creative process, nature, laughter, great conversations, finding kindred spirits in this crazy world.

makes me sad: isolation, man's inhumanity to man, our culture's insatiable consumption habits.

body mods: Yes, in a major way... three times.