For now I am retired from a career as an analyst with an encore in social media and online marketing. That may change.
I am passionate about research and understanding the connections between things. Wikipedia is an incredible resource, and merits being a a Wonder of the World!
I am informally but intently studying the history of civilization with audio books, the internet, movies and documentaries with a particular interest in lost and found know-how and knowledge, and the causes and consequences of authoritarianism.
My Wikipedia technical skills here are limited to what I can replicate from previous content on a page. I hope to pick up more skills.
Places Lived edit
After a childhood around the Mediterranean and a few other foreign adventures I have settled in the Raleigh, North Carolina area, a fast growing state in Southeastern US.
England. Jordan. Egypt. Saudi Arabia. Lebanon. Greece. Italy. France. Jerusalem. The United States of America. Tunisia. Kuwait. Bahrain. Taiwan. China.
US States edit
Massachusetts.
Maryland.
North Carolina.
Languages edit
English. My language at home was American English.
Italian. My mother’s father was Italian and her siblings lived in Italy, so Italian was part of my upbringing. I lived several years in Italy as well.
Arabic. My father was an Arabist and we lived in Arabic speaking countries for years, so I have a rough understanding of conversational Arabic.
French. I spent four of my grade school years in French schools with a completely French curriculum.
Latin and Spanish. I studied these two languages in high school, enough to get by with.
Mandarin Chinese. At university I majored in Chinese and spent a year studying in Taiwan, and another in Beijing, China. I am fluent in conversational Chinese. I studied reading and writing, sufficient to do some basic research with Chinese characters.