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Married

Hometown

Williamsport, IN

Places I've been

High School Name (City, State)
Seeger HS, West Lebanon, IN
College Name
Purdue University
College Graduation Year
1994 (2006)
College Graduation Major/Concentration
Ag Systems Management - Fisheries - Communications
Occupation(s)
Creative Information Architect

More about me

There is an old saged saying that goes,

"You can take the country boy off the farm, but you can't take the farm out of the country boy."

 

That saying used to bother me. Not that I didn't like my roots running deep and wide back to the little farm, located on the banks of Big Pine Creek, in western-central rural Indiana. Nope, not at all. What bothered me about it was simply, that most folks who heard it ended up thinking folks from the country couldn't change. Not the case. The unfortunate reality is that most often they change too much.

Change is what life is all about. Change is what we -as members of the human race- fear the most. We fight it. Damn it. Struggle against it every moment of our lives. But, when we finally succomb to it, we are awash with a feeling that is most peculiar. We're equally glad it's 'over' and thrilled to have had the opportunity to be a part of it.

Now, how's that for weird!?! Embrace it Farkly. That is human and that is us.

As that notorious little 'possum from the country Cajun said, oh so many moons ago, "I done seen the enemy... 'un he is us!". We need to embrace the reality of our two greatest contradictions:

1. We are our own worst enemy - and
2. It's up to us to make the move to accept change and move forward
   

Thus making our own destiny to rest squarely, and overwhelmingly, in the palms of our own hands. This should give us pause to consider the following 3 KEYS of RESPONSIBLE LIVING:

• Don't blame anyone else.
• My life is my responsibility.
• My lot-in-life is, solely, what I choose to allow.
  

 

I left the family farm to seek 'gold' in the college fields of California, but returned to the realization that not everything that glitters is gold and one should not set out seeking it until they are either ready to understand that or at least willing to take responsibility for ones own level of ignorance and the results of it.

My next level of education came from the land of the "Thoroughbred" - Lexington, KY. A sweet young Kentucky girl caught my eye and stole my heart; thank God for unanswered prayer! I'd never have been smart enough to see the 'gold' that glittered in her eyes, on my own. Thirty-four years later, that little lady is still the greatest blessing to enter my life.

We have one son, Aaron. He is a graduate of Purdue University and lives in the Cincinnati, OH area, working in Internet Technology. Hmm, guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, eh?

He is blessed with a beautiful and loving wife and two of the most beautiful children anyone could imagine. I'm not just prejudiced ( I do admit I am ! ) that's what everyone tells us, too. :>

My wife and I live not far (30 miles of so) from my 'home ground... the farm'; though she remains a bit of a 'displaced' city girl.

For me, it seems I've spent most of my life trying to rewrite the Mac Davis song, Texas in My Rearview Mirror, to read Indiana for me. But, other forces have seen to it that it's not happened...yet. My wife is a saint. I am still alive and she's still here with me. ". )

We are among the local fraternity known as a "Purdue Family" for - what seems like forever - but it's only been 17 years! We both worked at Purdue until 2005, when an illness dropped me from the employment world: actually the world in general: home-bound. That is over now, thankfully, and I am now self-employed - a familiar road - and my wife remains at Purdue.

It's amazing how life works around one core principle: the ability to adapt to change. The sooner we embrace the change we encounter and adapt to it, the better off we are - and become.

So, who's to say what lays down the road for us. We make plans, set goals and work to meet them. All-the-while, at the ready to work with the change that presents itself.

As Louis Pastuer said, "Chance favors the prepared mind". We are prepared to take advantage of those serendipitous venues of life that unexpectedly plop themselves upon our doorsteps. Whenever or however they come.

So, bring it on! We're ready.... we hope! ": )

Favorite Movies

A River Runs Through It, Legends of the Fall, Lonesome Dove, Man From Snowy River, and too many other to name ...

Favorite TV Shows

The Andy Griffith Show, CSI, Matlock, Star Trek, and too many more to mention

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