I've always been a bit unconventional. I tend to go my own way and try not to look back.

I can enjoy the right company but am happy on my own.

I have a dry sense of humor; some days it evaporates entirely.

I care passionately about the planet and hate the way it is being polluted and abused; like we've got a spare one in stock. I can't accept the wanton extinction of species as justifiable. I believe that in the long run the Earth will rid herself of us if we don't learn to live in harmony with her. We'll deserve it, too.

I like to be outdoors and I keep pretty fit. I no longer work full time, though I could. I swapped money for freedom; good deal if you're not materialistic.

Next challenge.. to find a place right out in the middle of nowhere and immerse myself in nature.

My passion is ...

The natural world

I know too much about ...

Lefthandedness

My parents always told me ...

Tell the truth

My childhood ambition ...

To be taller than my older brother (success)

My favorite memory ...

Watching deer in the moonlight

Why I write ...

I enjoy it

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

T S Eliot 'Ash Wednesday' Fairport Convention

My first job ...

Hoeing a 10 acre cabbage field

My best moment ...

Yet to come, I hope

My inspiration ...

The turning of the seasons

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'John Wayne..American'. That is the wording on the Congressional Gold Medal struck in John Wayne's honor in May 1979 as he lay bravely battling the odds of lung cancer for the second time in his life. John Waynesfilm characters epitomised many of the very best ideals of America for people around the world, as well as in the States. Tough, rugged, self reliant, undaunted by adversity, indomitable, respectful to women, fair minded, Wayne's screen characters became inextricably linked in the cinema-going public's mind with the man himself.

John Wayne began life on May 26th 1907 at Winterset...

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