David Bethel

Aliases: Mr. Bethel, Booue, Booueda, BleuMerlin, Sleeping Hermit

Occupations: Freelance Science Writer and Editor, Biology Research Assistant, Husband, Father

Non-occupations: Man of Leisure (courtesy of Blake West), Freelance Generalist (a la Darien Large), Seeker, Distancegazer, Ideological Underachiever

E-mail Address: dbethel@io.com

About Me:

I am a graduate of St. John's College in Santa Fe, NM.

I am married to the biologist Rachel Page. I sometimes serve as her field assistant, technical advisor, and/or editor.

We have a daughter named Gwendolyn Wren. I pretty much always serve as her field assistant.

We are currently living in Starnberg, a town south of Munich in the German state of Bavaria. Rachel has a one-year postdoctoral research position at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology (though she is studying bats, not birds).

I work as a freelance science writer and editor, though that work has recently been eclipsed by my day job as a stay-at-home-dad.

I miss our dog Tulip, who is back Stateside with Rachel's parents.

I love astronomy and hiking. I feel most alive and spiritually awake when I am outdoors, looking at the night sky or listening to the forest.

I am a fan of blues, American folk music, and early music.

I am an extreme night owl. I believe (self-diagnosed) that I have--but do not suffer from--delayed sleep phase syndrome. I am quite happy to stay up late tinkering with my computer, making music mixes, being, whatever, enjoying the seeming infinitude of the night before me.