About Me
 | Michael Pokocky Sainte-Adele Member since: Nov, 2008 Last login: 11/24/2009 Last update : 11/22/2009 Contact Me |
| photo credit: Sarah Pokocky | |
My Redroom URL
| Birthday | 02/04/1955 |
| Hometown | Sainte-Adele |
| Ethnicity | White/Caucasian |
| Nationality | Canada |
About Me
"Books are like wines_you develop a taste for them, and everyone has a unique palate"
Michael Pokocky (michaelpokocky) on Twitter
mike on the road+ - "Curiosity is the broker for inspiration"
Relationship Status
- Married to Nathalie for 16 years. Love at first sight and still very much in love.
Family
Four children: Chris(16), Hope & Jonathan {twins}(14)and Sarah(10)
Interests & Hobbies
- writing at the cafe, radically authentic friends, books, authors, creative individuals, creative discoveries, Architecture, science, wellbeing & fitness, hiking, nature, chilling with my children, educational reform, motivating youth to find their true path, solitude, going crazy sometimes, yoga & pilates, evoltionary psychology -- Beyond The Mind: Bernard de Montreal, humanites, ted.com, edge.org, droppingknowledge.org, vanityfair.com, esquire.com, [and all the corresonding magazines], debates on why print is not dead, keeping an open door policy for others to speak with me. community around common interests, <!--Session data--><!--Session data--><!--Session data-->
Favorite Books
- A Movable Feast, The English Patient, Bay Of Angels, Prince Of Tides, Remains Of The Day, Tender Is The Night. The Quiet Girl, The Beast, The Notebook, Bridges Of Madison County, The Snows Of Kilimanjaro, East Of Eden, The Garden Of Eden, Islands In The Stream, A Year In Provence, The Alchemist, The Fifth Mountain,
Favorite Authors
- Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Anita Brookner, Balzac, Proust, Dostoevsky, Joyce Carol Oates, Paulo Coelho,
What I'm Reading
- The Garden Of Eden, The Kite Runner, Undue Influence
Web Links
- Michael Pokocky (michaelpokocky) on Twitter
- YouTube - One More Day booktrailer
- YouTube - The Philosophy Sketches
- mike on the road+ - "Curiosity is the broker for inspiration"
- illliterature's posterous - "Presenting and introducing writers and their books to you. Books are like wines_you develop a taste for them, and everyone has a unique palate."
EDUCATION
| Undergraduate College/University | Trent University, class of 1979 |
| Undergraduate Area of Study | Economics |
| High School | Port Hope High School, class of 1975 |
| Academic Credentials | B.Sc |
UPCOMING WORK
- One novel has been submitted to a prestigious publisher and is being read by the President.
INFLUENCES
- People, Places and Things, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Balzac and Tolstoy.
