Hello, ny name is Nathan Kibler, but my partner Bruce introduces me like this: "He was made in Japan with parts assembled in California." Five year before I was born, my father, a US Naval Officer, was stationed in Japan. I was born soon after my parents returned to the United States. But I grew up in Northern Idaho where I found myself with a lot of unsupervised time. I found interests in Music, Fine Art, Theater, Dance, Literature, Film, Animation and Comic Books. I still do some of those things. I came out as a Gay man in college, back when the AIDS crisis was the biggest issue. Frightened to face the potential of disease, I still realized I could not suppress my most personal desires and remain happy. I have lost many friends, but they all showed me how being true to who I am today is more important than any fear, any disease, any abuse or any oppression I have experienced. I am even more grateful for my friends who are alive because they give me a reason to continue. I live in the Pacific Northwest with my partner. We have a cat.

Volpane in Love is my Internet zine. You will find here links to various blogs, image collections, personal poetry, short stories and essays. Please tell me what you think of it: volpane@hotmail.com.

I started Volpane in Love back in 1999 when first learning to code HTML. A lot has changed since then, but even before I began publishing online I self-published several times. In the mid-nineteen Nineties, I published two issues of Gae-raj, an anthology-style "Queer art" zine. It was written up in Queer Zine Explosion #12, back in 1995 and Larry-Bob gave it a favorable review,

"...it's not a solid block of text like some zines, but draws you in visually."

I've have gone on to self-publish visual chapbooks of poetry and graphic anthologies of short stories created with other writers using the Surrealist exquisite corpse. You may purchase my poetry chapbooks at Pistilbooks.com. Unfortunately other publications are out-of-print indefinately.

I post regularly to many blogs, depending on the subject. At Volpane I am posting pages from my sketchbooks, frequently redesigning them into t-shirt, hoodie, mug, mouse pad, and totebag designs available at CafePress.com and Zazzle.com.

I study Astrology and read horary and natal charts. If you need my services, please leave me a comment at my Ancient Knowledge blog or email me. Also, if you'd prefer a more visual interface to explore this web site I am re-posting a visual record of everything that appears at this website also at my Tumblr, as well as photos of my garden in bloom. For your convenience sharing what you find here with others, you will find Facebook "Like" buttons scattered about the website.

I also design web pages and have done extensive work for Pistilbooks.net and for my friend Jon Macy. If you would like me to design for you, please contact me by e-mail.