Relationship

Married. Interested in meeting people for friendship and meeting people for networking

Hometown

Glasford, IL -- born in Peoria, IL

Places I've been

I've had permanent residences in ILLINOIS (Peoria & Rockford); MARYLAND (Silver Spring); MICHIGAN (Marquette, East Lansing, Lansing, White Cloud); IOWA (Davenport); WISCONSIN (Genoa City, Lake Geneva, Elkhorn, South Milwaukee) and WASHINGTON (Blaine & Bellingham). Internationally, I've experienced Mexico for one week in November, 2000 (during the Presidential election debacle) and have been to Vancouver, BC metro area (including Richmond for dim sum) lots of times.

Education

• Augustana College, geography / geology - 1969 to 1971
• Northern Illinois University, geography / conservation - 1971 to 1972
• Northern Michigan University, park management & recreation planning - 1975 to 1977
• Michigan State University, political science / MPA - 1981 to 1983
• Michigan Law Enforcement Officers' Training School, local law enforcement - 297 hours - 1974 to 1974
• Wisconsin Law Enforcement Standards Board, local law enforcement - 400 hours - 2002 to 2002
• Federal Law Enforcement Training Center - DHS, federal law enforcement - 2004 to 2004
• School of Life, working man's PhD - 1966 to 2010

Work

• DHS - Customs & Border Protection, CBP officer - 2004 to 2010
• City of Marquette, MI, assistant city manager - 1984 to 1985
• USDA - US Forest Service, YACC crew leader - 1978 to 1979
• USDA - US Forest Service, human resources program coordinator - 1979 to 1981
• Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, clinic escort & regional advocacy coordinator - 1997 to 2000

More about me

I'm a transplanted spirit from the Midwest now living in the Great Northwest currently considering retirement in the Austin, TX area in the next 1 to 3 years, pahdna.

Favorite Movies

Favs on YouTube, Fandango, Bull Durham, Out of Africa, A River Runs Through It, The Sting, The Color Purple, Out of Africa, Apocalypse Now, Legends of the Fall, Bowling for Columbine

Favorite TV Shows

WEST WING, NORTHERN EXPOSURE, DISCOVERY HD, CHICAGO CUBS BASEBALL, SUNRISE EARTH, RED GREEN, ETC.

Activities

bicycling, backpacking, sightseeing, growing older and wiser

Favorite Charities

Green Party, Unitarian Universalists

Favorite Music

CLASSIC ROCK AND ROLL, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Andrea Bocelli DVD concerts (Tuscany & Lake Las Vegas), most 60's, all 70's, no 80's or 90's, the wind in the trees, the rain and thunder, crashing waves on the beach, "GO CUBS, GO!"

Favorite Books

Texas by James Mitchner, On Walden Pond by Hank Thoreau

Favorite Quotes

"I am what I am." - Popeye, "do-be-do-be-do" - Frank Sinatra

Favorite People

Ralph Nader, Archibald Cox, Mo Udall, Ernie Banks, Hank Thoreau

Favorite Places

Wrigley Field, lookout towers, a on a lake or high mountain meadow in my backpack tent

Favorite Animals

The bison is my totem.

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