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Relationship

Married

Hometown

Edmond, Oklahoma

Places I've been

AR, MO, KS, NE, TX, NM, AZ, CA, NV, UT, CO, GA, AL, FL, TN, KY, IN, NC, OH, IN, OK, Mexico

Education

• UCO - Edmond, OK, Fine Arts, English, Education - 1947 to 1951

Work

• Uncle Sam, Soldier - 1945 to 1946
• Boeing - Wichita, Illustrator - 1951 to 1952
• Hawthorne School System - Hawthorne, NV, Junior High School Art Teacher - 1952 to 1953
• Northrop Aircraft - El Segundo, CA, Illustrator - 1953 to 1954
• Westside School District - Quartz Hill, CA, Elem. Teacher - 1954 to 1956
• Lancaster School District - Lancaster, CA, Elem. Teacher - 1956 to 1971
• Joplin R-VIII - Joplin, MO, Elem. Teacher - 1971 to 1987
• SELF EMPLOYED, Bed and Breakfast Owner & Co-host - 1988 to 1996

Military

• U.S. Army - 1945 to 1946
  Division: Armored
  Rank: Corporal

More about me

     I'm  82 years old,  retired 22 years from a 34-year teaching career.  My lovely wife, Marge, also a retired teacher, and I live in Joplin, MO where we own and operate a tiny bed and breakfast. We have been open for almost three years.  We thoroughly enjoy hosting guests.  We continue to make new friends, thus enriching our lives.  View  our website: www.bitofedenbnb.com or access our listing with www.bbonline.com.  Look for  B&Bs in Joplin, MO.

     My education began with two years in an eight-grade, one-room country school.  Most often I rode to school, a distance of two and a half miles, on a horse, behind an older brother.  Often, in nice weather, I walked.

     The remaining years through highschool were spent at the demonstration school on the campus of Central State College, now UCO, in Edmond, Oklhoma.

     Throughout life my main interests, other than teaching, have been centered around art and art-related activities.  To view drawings and paintings dating back to 1948 or 1950, click on the following: 

http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=290764158/a=99293735_99293735/t_=99293735

     For the most part, life has been rich and rewarding.  It has been marred by losing two of our three children to diabetes.

Favorite Movies

THE HUMAN COMEDY, NOW VOYAGER with Bette Davis and Paul Heinried, MILDRED PIERCE, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, LADY CHATTERLY'S LOVER, TIM, THE GREEN MILE

Favorite TV Shows

CNN HGTV

Activities

Walking, Gardening, Landscape design, Art, Woodworking, Home Improvement, Masonry, Home Decorating. . . . . Along with my art inteests I have a gallery on FineArtAmerica with Prints for Sale. If interested check the following link: view link

Favorite Charities

Goodwill, Red Cross, Salvation Army, Diabetes Assn.

Favorite Music

Classical and a few hit tunes of the late 30s and 40s

Favorite Books

THE HUMAN COMEDY, NOW VOYAGER, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, KING'S ROW, Steinbeck novels, LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN, Pearl Buck novels, Taylor Caldwell novels, Olive Higgins Prouty novels, Booth Tarkington novels, FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON by Daniel Keys, Michener's novels, Paul I. Wellman novels, and many others . . . . COLLECTIONS: James Oliver Curwood, Rex Beach, Harold Bell Wright, Olive Higgins Prouty, Kathleen Norris, E.P. Roe. . .. . . KID BOOKS: Standard children's classics, Horatio Alger, TOM SWIFT, Zane Grey, WIND IN THE WILLOWS, TRUMPET OF THE SWAN, THE BIG WAVE by Pearl Buck, BLACK AND BLUE MAGIC, FLIGHT OF THE DOVES, FIVE CHILDREN AND IT, TWENTY-ONE BALLOONS, GIFT OF MAGIC, THE MAGIC TREE and Other Stories, George MacDonald books, and many more

Favorite Quotes

"God be thanked, the meanest of his creatures Boasts two soul-sides, one to face the world with, One to show a woman when he loves her!" . . ROBERT BROWNING . . . . . . PEOPLE by Charlotte Zolotow . . . Some people talk and talk and never say a thing. . Some people look at you and birds begin to sing. . Some people laugh and laugh and yet you want to cry. . Some people touch your hand and music fills the sky. . . . . . He drew a circle that left me out, Heritic, rebel, a thing to flout, But love and I had the wit to win, We drew a circle that took him in. . . . by Edwin Markha

Favorite People

My wife, Marge . . . . My brothers, all three passed on. Brother Jack, almost 93, passed away March 20, 2008. That leaves me the only one left of a family of seven children.

Favorite Places

The homes I have owned which I have treated as canvases, turning them into works of art. . . . . . Favorite places include the Southwestern and Western states of New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and Colorado. . . Also I love the Ozarks and the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee.

Favorite Animals

My dog, and second best friend, Ulysses (Uly for short), our three-quarter-grown brat cat, Tommy Tuck, our free spirit cat, Rudolph Stapleton Scholastica. I won't mention our third cat, Little Bit (No tail) because she hates me.

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