After decades long activism for changing the world with passion and optimism until my early 50s, something in the grand plan must have gone seriously wrong that the world has changed me instead! I now experience my new field of activism in the kitchen by baking and going hog wild with my two dozens of spice jars (carefully tagged on!) to come up with impressive vegetarian dishes in this tiny Thai village while trying to be helpful to the kids in the local school :) Not fond of bar scenes; love conversing at pavement cafes (ideally in Mediterranean towns) with like-minded friends.