Michael Caleb Lester Email & Phone Number

California, United States

meaningofdeath.substack.com

Discovering the meaning of death through interviews with funeral directors, hospice workers, clergy, ER docs, death doulas and others who have seen death firsthand.

Panama, Martha's Vineyard, Denmark, Sweden, Israel, Jordan, Turkey, Thailand, Morocco

Vagabond: In Central America February -- May 2011, on Martha's Vineyard August -- November 2011, in Europe June - September 2014 and again on Martha's Vineyard September/October 2014, September/October 2015 and 2016 and 2017 and 2018 and 2019. In Middle East, July - September 2015. Scandinavia - October 2015. Thailand - 2018. Hawaii - 2019 and 2020..

Worldwide

Recent entry in the officiating business. In July 2013, officiated at wedding of Mard Naman and Sheri Zabel in Santa Cruz and helped conduct lay service at Congregation Bnai Tikvah in Walnut Creek. In May 2014, married Sacha Dorgeloh and Brian Beaumont-Nesbitt in a garden ceremony in Oakland. At the request of the bride, officiated as Superman

Global

Dispatch from Benicia: The strait story about this cute California townDispatch from PanamaDispatch from New EnglandDispatch from Mallorca: The benefits of cultural profilingDispatch from JordanDispatch from Israel: Everyone seems so JewishDispatch from Scandinavia: Denmark, Sweden and a slice of NorwayDad's Nine Months: What expectant fathers should.

http://www.amazon.com/by--Michael-Lester/e/B00SZ0HY5G#

New e-Books on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/author/MichaelLester. Books include Dispatches from Panama, Scandinavia, Mallorca and, most recently, Israel, Jordan and New England.

Produced website about fatherhood. Editor-in-chief, managing editor, executive editor, webmaster and primary writer. www.dadmagazineonline.com

Somewhere Between Pittsburgh And Antioch

I taught Journalism 35 at this community college for the spring semester of 2012. It kept me off the streets and out of bed. During the summer of 2013, I taught an evening session, again in Journalism 35. My students ranged in age from 14 to 44.

Wrote "Making the Grade" for June 2015 issue of Real Assets Advisor, and for The Institutional Real Estate Letter -- Americas, June 2015 issue. Both stories are about the state of student housing in the U.S.

December 1997 – January 2007. As editorial director, oversaw the creation and production of tons of newsletters, books, directories, online publications, brochures, magazine, etc.

Boomers are facing situations they first faced in their Twenties: "Whaddya Do?"

San Carlos, Panama

Consultant to PAL, which rescues stray dogs from the streets of Panama.

Professor at community college, teaching journalism classes. Course is called Mass Media of Communication, and we explore the business and content of books, newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, music, advertising, public relations, movies and Internet.

Worked with attorneys to create Best Practice suggestions for Martindale Hubbell Connected website. Profiled lawyers.

Under direction of editor-in-chief, oversaw staff of 16 editors, art and production, freelance writers. Have continued to freelance for magazine. See recommendation by Bridget Smith

San Francisco Bay Area

Managing editor of Publish magazine and Multimedia magazine

Edited feature articles and columns for style-and-design monthly

And then again from August 1996 to May 1997 (they say you can't go home again, but I tried). Editor-in-chief of award-winning regional monthly magazine.

San Francisco Bay Area

Northern California entertainment editor and writer

B.A., Political Propaganda

Education record

High School Diploma