: About Me

I am a fifty-seven year old writer wanabe. I dabble in art, photography, sculpture, wood carpentry. I Have done the music thing, but decided that I don't have the talent for it. I am also an avid outdoors person with limited time for it.

I am married with one wife, one child, one granddaughter; all of whom I adore. I have five kids that call me uncle, although I'm not related, and every one of the above are brilliant.

I work in the medical field and love what I do. I'm steadfast in my faith thanks to a family that practices what they preached. I hope to retire one day with all my amassed wealth... once I win the lottery and drive my RV off into the sunset.

My passion is ...

Writing and painting. The out-of-doors and my grandaughter

I know too much about ...

Human vagaries

My parents always told me ...

I was pretty. Pretty ugly and pretty apt to stay that way.

My childhood ambition ...

Become a Forester or Wildlife biologist

My favorite memory ...

Alligator hunting with my uncles

Why I write ...

Can't seem to help myself. An extenuation of over active imagination.

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

some two hundred audio books, Western, Science fiction, Fantasy. Art of any sort, and how to making things with wood.

My first job ...

shoveling manure out of a dairy barn and hauling hay.

My best moment ...

The day I met my wife.

My inspiration ...

My wife, my God and the memories of my mother and grandparents.

Sciences > Ecology & Environment Forest thinning is essential for keeping forests healthy and people safe

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Let me begin by saying that my intended field of study at the University was Forestry Management. But having said that it was forty five years ago and I've moved into other areas. The fight between conservationist and the Forestry Service have always been in conflict over this issue. Many other departments and societies have chimed in and numerous studies and intellectual papers have been written on the subject. To date there is still no resolution. The timber giants want what they can get, and the population is moving into every nook and cranny it can find. Management of our limited resou...

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