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US Army Captain 1972-78 via Texas A&M Cadet Corps

Enamored of the Sufi path via Hazrat Inayat Khan since Oct. 1977
Initiated by Rabia Joyce Pucell, M.B.E., 01/19/1979 while in volunteer residence at Barton Farm, (SufiOrder UK HQ) Bradford-on-Avon Wiltshire U.K., for 3 yrs
Camp Staff groupie/attendee of Pir Vilayat's Summer French Alps camps 1978-84 minus 82, Italy 94, 96 (totaling 1+ yr on site)
Camp Director, USA S.O. Leader's Camp 3 wks, Ocate NM 1982
Healing Order & Ziraat mbr. Resident Puran's Boston Khanaqua, S.O. Center 1981-83
Singer, Dancer, Musician in Cosmic Celebration.

Futurist (M.S. Univ of Houston-Clear Lake - 1986) Adult Educator (M.A. UH-CL 1988) Texas State Democratic Party Exec. Committeeman, 2000- 2004, Local Houston Pres. & Regional VP for Assoc. of TX Prof. Educators (ATPE)
Founding Chair TX Democratic Veterans 2002
Teacher in Houston Ind. School District 1990-Present

Founder: 1. Noah's Ark 2, 1995 (economic collapse survival center 1 hr East of Austin)
2. Sharing Futures, Ltd, 1988 (Jobsharing network connecting projects with partners internationally)
3. Worst-Case Scenario Investment Trust (WCSIT)2008, Commodity Futures Markets ETF traders specializing in Gold, Oil, Foodstuffs, etc.

Married (many times), happily (mostly) 2 Children, son 15, Little League World Series Pitcher, daughter, 27, D.C. 3 summers on Switzerland sufi summer camp staff.

I am about to retire from teaching as my day job after 15 years in Kindergarten, after a yr in 3rd and 5 in 5th.

3/4 finished with IAM teacher certification
Mentor Training completed July 2009.

Admin Assistant for Majida Liz Smith's 4 yrs series of (2 months on, one month off) Houston Heart Rhythm Classes at my First Unitarian Universalist Church 2004 - 2008.

10/09 - 04-10 "Sufi Stories & Practices" 1st & 3rd Mondays, 6:15-7:30 p.m., 1st UU, Houston: A review of Hazrat Inayat Khan's teachings/wrtings, & Pir Vilayats, & IAM's; a survey Q&A devoted to exposing skeptical intellectuals to sufism through the literature and freestyle Q&A, with HIK & PVK DVDs playing softly on screen in background.