Relationship

Married

Hometown

Outside Marshall, Michigan -- as much as I ever grew up.

Places I've been

Places? Lived in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Columbus, Athens, Ohio, Jackson, Ohio, and Marshall . . . now out in the woods outside Alpena. Have spent time in Scotland, Canada, all over the U.S., and in some un-fitting places to be such as Bosnia, Somalia, the North Arabian Gulf, and Kosovo. Bahrain. Some nice places, too: Sicily, Northern Italy, Spain and Gibraltar, Kenya, Crete and Rhodes -- all short visits. Spent a year in England one morning. Favorite places include Rota (Spain), Vancouver, Toronto, the Bighorn Mountains, Utah's canyon country, Southern Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona . . . and -- best of all -- Alpena. High School Name (City, State) Marshall, Michigan, High School -- Home of the Redskins, in spite of the School Board's decision to re-name us "Redhawks" a couple of years ago. "First God made idiots; that was for practice. Then He created school boards." (Thank you, Mr. Clemens) College Name Western Michigan University (B.A., 1962; M.A., 1965), Ohio University (AbD, 1972) College Graduation Year January, 1962; May, 1965 College Graduation Major/Concentration Major concentration -- Englsh, Latin, Mediaeval Languages and Literature, Saxon Literature Occupation(s) What not? Cook, bartender, Teacher, Administrator (in a non-teaching field), short-order cook, property/casualty underwriter, field representative, sales, PACE instructor (USN), musician (the great Highland bagpipe, First Nations flute, silver flutes), lecturer . . .

More about me

Roman Catholic. Married since 1963. Wannabe fly fisherman. Hunter, backpacker, musician, cat fancier (my cat is fancier than I am, though), kayaker and kayak-builder. Musician -- well, piper, flutie . . . Bearded conservative. Cyclist (with pedals, please!), wood-butcher, lover of a good read. Family cook.

Favorite Movies

The Maltese Falcon; The Hunt for Red October -- or almost anything with Sir Sean Connery; Doc Hollywood; South Pacific; Hope and Glory; Gettysburg

Favorite TV Shows

Gunsmoke; M*A*S*H; Mister Lucky

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