Memberships and Interests

This file contains a more comprehensive list of my memberships and interests for the sake of publishers and authors who are looking for an experienced indexer with specific knowledge.

I am a current or recent past member of the following organizations (non-current memberships are that way because I am conserving my finances this year):

Former member at the Senior Fellow level of the International Society for Philosophical Enquiry (ISPE), an ultra-high-IQ society.
Current member, Society for Technical Communication (STC).
Recent past member, The American Society of Indexers (ASI).
Recent past member, American Rose Society. I love roses, and have about 50 rose bushes.
Lifetime Member, National Rifle Association (NRA). I’m a very gentle person (one look at my personal Web site will assure you of that). However, I feel quite strongly about preserving the rights and freedoms we enjoy in America, and the NRA is one of the organizations taking steps to do so.
Member, the Smithsonian Institution.
Past member, California Rare Fruit Growers Association.

My interests and pastimes include the following, plus many more.

Alternative energy sources (wind, solar)
Alternative medicine
Anthropology and archaeology (specialty areas: Northern, Central, and South American anthropology and archaeology; ancient Egypt)
Beekeeping (I’m a former beekeeper)
The Bible and other religious works
Calligraphy
Camping
Cats
Channeling and other psychic phenomena
Children’s books
Computers and software
Constitutional rights
Cooking
Crossword puzzles
Crystals in both a geologic sense and a New Age sense
Embroidery, especially counted cross-stitch, and other sewing and stitchery
Environmental issues
Gardening (in a really big way!)
Genealogy (an article, The Interface Between Genealogy and Indexing, was published as the keynote chapter in Genealogy and Indexing, a book in the American Society of Indexers’ series on indexing specialties)
Genetics
Geology
Health
History of playing cards
Indexing
Japanese language and culture
Library science
Medicinal herbs
Metaphysics
Movies
Music
Reading just about anything, on any topic
Roses
Science fiction and fantasy
Shakespeare’s plays
Software
Web logs
White-water river rafting
Writing: Short fiction, non-fiction, screenplays