Michael lives in Sebastopol, California. He?s committed to giving words the space they need to breathe and move around and experience themselves as living things so they can help us with our sense of presence. ?The sense of presence is important for peace and for keeping things simple,? he says. ?My passion is to keep things simple?to say more and more with less and less until I can say everything with nothing. If you knew how much I want to be a writer when I grow up, it would embarrass me, so I?ll keep that part to myself. I want a world that makes sense to my tender parts?a world whole and at peace with itself and I?m trying to figure out how to do it. I have some ideas.?.