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About me

Gender	Male
Occupation	Stay-at-home Dad
Location	Somerville, MA, United States
Introduction	While fairytales arise on occasion, in the main, this blog contributes to the Lenten journey of those opposing Guantánamo. I hold a Masters in Theological Studies from Boston College '15, gratefully, where I found words articulating the passion that led to over ten arrests in protests. In my world-changing life, from Trull street, my basement library is a place I exercise my faith in the gospel. While intending to curb a middle-class upbringing, my white male cisgendered heteronormativity leaks through my filters. When I offend, please share your feedback directly.
Interests	Ideally a visit with my daughters to the Museum of Science, after a family walk with our dog Nellie on the Somerville Community Path, and before nap-time, during which I abscond to play pick-up soccer in Eastie with my godson, home in time to hi-five my heartthrob after her amazing, union organizing, set out an easy dinner--then launching them for a pod-date evening while I write. Other Volunteering: Pastoral Council, The Paulist Center of Boston; Somerville Human Rights Commission; Mass Peace Action sub-committee on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons; Organizing Team for Witness Against Torture since 2016. I have a collection of short-stories in progress titled "Paper Birds: Parts for Assembly."
Favorite movies	And the Oscar goes to the Mauritanian, Mank, and The Chicago 7; A life in movies: Indiana Jones, Romero, Sleepless in Seattle, Pedro Almodovar's "Volver," Luis Buñuel's "Belle du Jour." Beautiful Mind, Shawshank Redemption, Batman (Dark Knight), Spider Man (most recent), Luis Buñuel's Belle du Jour.
Favorite books	Manuel Puig's "Kiss of the Spider Woman," orig. "El beso de la mujer araña," Colum McCann's "Dancer," Hermann Hesse's "Siddhartha," trans. Hilda Rosner. The Stories of Heinrich Böll, trans. Leila Vennewitz. Lydia Davis's "Essays One," John Dos Passos's "The 42 Parallel" Jack Kerouac's "On the Road," Dominique LaPierre's "The City of Joy," Charles Johnson's "Middle Passage," Ched Myer's "Binding the Strong Man," Leslie McFarlane as Hardy Boys ghostwriter Franklin W. Dixon "The House on the Hill"