Below are some photos that offer a glimpse into my hobbies: hiking, traveling, and photography--especially of my partner, Rebekah, and my beloved, wild canine children, Sadie and Kona, who were featured on the Philosodogs blog several years ago. The one painting here, by Helen De Cruz, is based on a photo of me posing with pigeons in Milan, which she then creatively used as a template for her painting of Saint Francis of Assisi. Most of the photos were taken in the great Pacific Northwest, our home for four years before moving to Fayetteville.

I am an avid consumer of hot sauces (particularly those featured on Heatonist and debuted on First We Feast's Hot Ones YouTube channel) and science fiction. You can see some of my most recent hot sauce purchases below. Currently, I'm reading Cixin Liu's The Wandering Earth​ and watching HBO’s latest sci-fi dramas, Lovecraft Country​ and Raised by Wolves​.