✸ Hi, I'm River and this is my microcosm.
      Androgynous gay guy, late 20s.

I'm an anthropologist/archaeologist in the process of specializing and getting my Masters in folklore. I study superstition and spiritual encounters, particulary those of ordinary people and their affects on daily life. I love learning about new people, new places, new ghosts, and new gods. Yippee! Needless to say, I am a leftist.

I'm a maximalist (aka a restrained hoarder). I love tchotchkes and trinkets, and I collect lucky charms and religious paraphernalia. I love to read, explore new parts of the world, and admire art. The photos scattered around this website are of my favourite works of art and photos taken on my travels. Lately I've been getting more into fragrance because I like to smell sexy and mysterious.

I am the extremely proud and over-bearing father of two beautiful tuxedo cats named Hero and Beatrice (someday I'll add pictures). Back home on my parent's farm, my Belgian draft horse Apollo is enjoying retirement after his rescue and subsequent (brief) career as a jousting horse.

Parlo, leggo e scrivo Italiano, ma non alleno molto. Lo studio da tredici anni, intermittenza.
Everyone should send more mail. Everyone should keep a journal.

BOOKS (fiction):   Foucault's Pendulum, Umberto Eco; Instance of the Fingerpost, Iain Pears; As Meat Loves Salt, Maria McCann; Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke; Another Roadside Attraction, Tom Robbins; The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson; The Master & Margarita, Mikhael Bulgakov; The Club Dumas, Arturo Perez-Reverte.

BOOKS (non-fiction):    The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell; Man and His Symbols, Carl Jung; They Flew, Carlos Eire; Steeple Chasing, Peter Ross; Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Kimmerer; God's Jury, Cullen Murphy; Old Theiss: A Livonian Werewolf, Carlos Ginzburg & Bruce Lincoln; Grimoires: A History of Magic Books, Owen Davies; Sacred Bliss: A Spiritual History of Cannabis, Mark Ferrara.