Stefan and Nancy are the founders of The Laughing Cat, the parent of The Zoo Fence. They have been married since 1964, and have traveled the spiritual path together over many decades. (The photo at left, a favorite, is not, uh, current.)

Nancy (sometimes Anna on The Zoo Fence) holds degrees from Skidmore College and the British Institute of Homeopathy*. She grew up in Honolulu Hawaii when those islands were still a US Territory, where she attended Punahou School, noted for its extended history on Oahu and, of course, for a recent alumnus, US President Barack Obama. Stefan is a graduate of Hamilton College and Columbia University; he began a course of studies at the Bangor (Maine) Theological Seminary which he chose not to complete. He grew up in the immediate aftermath of World War II in Rome Italy, where his father was an officer at the newly-reopened American Embassy and his mother was one of three American mothers who created the Overseas School of Rome for their children. Before undertaking their spiritual journey, both Stefan and Nancy lived and worked successfully in the world. He served at sea as an officer in the US Navy and in Washington and abroad in the US diplomatic service. Nancy, in addition to serving as the wife of a diplomat which is a demanding job in itself, held administrative positions in various institutions, academic and governmental. In 1974, they “left the world”, and built a house themselves at the end of a rural road in the woods. Here, they consider themselves to be contemplative monks, and they live accordingly.

Stefan is the creator, editor, and principal contributor to The Zoo Fence. He created it in hard copy in January 1996 and converted it to the internet in February, 1997. Stefan's work may be found throughout this site, but particularly at Consider This!, Letters, Brother Theophyle, The Gazebo, Definitions, The Sacred Riddle, Miscellanea, and Stories & Stuff. Nancy's written work on The Zoo Fence is here and her art gallery is here.

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*homeopathy is also spelled homoeopathy

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