Merrilee Faber

Merrilee Faber is:

An Artist, though not a very good one. She draws badly and paints even worse, but doesn’t care.

A Birdwatcher, for many, many years now – since she was about 8 years old. It’s a lovely hobby that combines exercise, fresh air and a desire to classify things into neat little groups. What’s not to love?

A Mother, very recently. She has discovered that newborn babies turn the rest of the world into background noise. This is rather wonderful, although she never planned for this much drool.

A Nature-lover, of all things living, although humans and cats need to seek prior approval. She spent ten years in a research laboratory, investigating things under a microscope, and still gets excited by insects.

A Questioner, who believes in always looking under the surface of things, and over the tops of things, and behind things, and often into things, if they are already dead and she has her dissection kit handy.

A Reader, of anything that is good writing; prose, poetry, plays. She has a special soft spot for ancient Japanese poetry, but tries not to show it, because it sounds pretentious.

A Skeptic, and complete unbeliever. She won’t believe anything you say without proof, or at least vigorous theoretical argument.

You can contact Merrilee at m.faber at iinet.net.au