ABOUT ME
Now settled in Santa Cruz County, California after traveling abroad and across the United States. Opening an applied anthropology lab in the public sector for community wellness through mindfulness practices--starting with infant and caregiver classes to one-on-one story capture.
Apart from Stories Matter audio and visual recording business, writing takes up most of my time. You’ll find I’ve updated my infant development book, am writing a biography, have written a screen adaptation, and a treatment (short story) for another screenplay, in addition to offering academic papers as a collection or individually.
I hold a B.A. in anthropology, and my M.A. in Cultural Resources Management (department of anthropology), and certificates from New England School of Acupuncture, and Bauman College: Holistic Nutrition and Culinary Arts. Mandolin playing is my favorite pastime.
E-Mail: storiesmatter@yahoo.com or call: 707:548-2806
My book: Kinergetics: Dancing With Your Baby for Bonding and Better Health for Both of You (Barricade Books, 1994; Spanish edition also) has been recently updated. Dancing with an infant is the most appropriate infant-caregiver play based on evolutionary necessities--and perhaps the only universal expression of play there is, as well as a mindfulness based practice--I explain how and why to make dancing with your infant a ritual. For FREE AUDIO and PDFs, and a BLOG (to be updated shortly) on infant development visit www.mindfulinfantcare.com
I’m the author of the featured article: Narrative, Memory, and the Brain, in http://www.wisebrain.org/bulletin.html, Volume 2, 12 (12/31/08), in association with The Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom.
My screenplay is an adaptation of Jack London’s novel: The Valley of the Moon (in the public domain). It is copyrighted; and registered with Writer’s Guild of America, West (WGA)
A young couple caught in the social and economic chaos following the devastating San Francisco earthquake of 1906, search for a better life away from Oakland. Seeking representation.
A Collection of Papers and Speeches: 51,518 words (not including my 61,551 word *thesis) is a collection of “A” social sciences papers and speeches entitled: Grade ‘A’ Social Science Papers and Speeches (e-mail for specific titles or help executing your work)
To A Wild Rose: The Life & Times of Edward MacDowell is a treatment for a screenplay based on one of America’s most gifted classical pianist at the turn of the 20th century. Studying in Europe during " the "great age" of Paris, he returned to the U.S. as an internationally recognized composer. Compelled to offer a similar creative atmosphere, he and Marian, his wife, established the MacDowell Colony--a retreat for a variety of artists to share solitude and inspire one another. It continues to harbor America’s most creative spirits.
Remember: Check out our oral history business: Stories Matter. We offer individuals and families documentation of their family history, or a special event--from a birth to a celebration of life.
With a masters in cultural resources management, such a service naturally extends to businesses, museums, organizations, and communities wishing an historical narrative.
check out www.storiesmatter.com
*My master’s investigative project: Sonoma Stories and the Song Wong Bourbeau Collection, won the Campbell Augustus Manefee Scholastic Award from the Sonoma County Historical Society, 2006. Sonoma Stories & Song Wong.pdf
Manuscript in Process: The Mind of Montagu: A Famous Anthropologist’s Work Reexamined (photo: Montagu with Einstein)
Ashley Montagu was a preeminent anthropologist second in fame only to Margaret Mead. He wrote on: anatomy, genetics, circumcision, human aggression, child development, nuclear non-proliferation, people with disabilities, the fallacy of race, the specific genetic strengths of women, and the dolphin in history. His papers and letters are archived at the American Philosophical Society Library (founded by Benjamin Franklin). We corresponded regularly between 1995 and 1999 (the year of his death).
His provocative social critiques found stage on bookshelves and television sets with willing audiences. He was on the Johnny Carson Show 17 times during the 1970s. His views were often controversial. Here we reexamine in light of current scientific understanding the legitimacy of his claims on the human condition.
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