Today my life is calmer than it has ever been. I'm also more confused than ever, which makes things very strange. When I was young my life was harsh and often unhappy, but Truth and Justice seemed so clear. I guided myself with my impressions of what was right, and what I needed. But now, things seem less simple. Truth and justice still exist, and they are the same truth and justice as ever, at least in my eyes. But I'm not sure that I care as much as I used to care. Somehow, truth and justice no longer have the overwhelming presence in my mind that they once did.
These days I worry more about my safety than I used to, and more about security and the future. Those are normal sorts of middle age changes, I suppose. And consequently my life has become more comfortable, and calmer, even with all my uncertainty.
I have lived in Colorado since 1990. I started indulging my love of computers, and over the past few years I've spent much time and energy involved with people online. For a while I played on Muses, and so I met Fabrice Echelard, while he lived in Montreal and I was here in the Rocky Mountains. In 1995 we were married. I co-host a couple of small conferences on the WELL: the Muse conference, and the Water conference. Along with Rita Huralt I also co-host the Women on the Well conference (WOW). In my face-to-face life, I hang out with lots of folks from the WELL's Rockies conference.
My interest in water comes from the work I've done since 1990, working for The Nature Conservancy. From 1990 on I spent most of my time in this organization working as a technical specialist in biohydrology. In 1996 I began to work only part-time for TNC, to allow myself once again to spend time on my writing and publishing projects. In 1997 I left the Conservancy entirely, to focus on freelance writing and on Compass Rose Information Services, my research and consulting business.
We live in an old, tiny cabin in the foothills of Colorado's Front Range. I work at home and when I have time I love to tend my garden, even though it's just a tiny strip I've hacked out of the gravel floodplain. We hang out with our two cats, read science fiction, play computer games, and gather with our friends, usually down in Boulder.
Fabrice is a computer programmer and works for Karat Interactive Networks. One of our favoriite activities is the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, which fills the summer with excitement. We are happy and healthy and doing fine. My bouts of philosophical angst don't make our lives any worse, so I suppose I'll keep on thinking.
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