: About Me

I was born in Hackensack NJ because I wanted to be near my mother.
I'm married to Mary Susan Reid......the light of my life...an amazing visual artist/writer/chef/caterer/gardener/presenter
We have two wonderful daughters and four grandchildren (the youngest, Gabriel, is closest to my heart. I was there when he had the experience of being born. Right over there, that's me..>>>>>>>>>>>.
Good old whatshisname.....
My reading interests are- good fiction, American presidential history, good biographies....
I love wriing...setting music in the air......drawing....
Though those who know me may groan from hearing this for the millionenth time, my life sustaining quote is:
"An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered." G.K. Chesterton

Another good one:
"I've not had an unhappy life. I am a happy man." Rutherfore B. Hayes (19th)

Read my articles.....Hey! there are worse ways to pass the time.
Feedback is welcome. I can be reached at:

dubrul48@nc.rr.com
Drop me a line or two.
Please, no spam.

My passion is ...

Good music...Especially Chopin.

I know too much about ...

music, art, myself

My parents always told me ...

"Put that down!" ... "Quiet!"... "Just you wait till your father/mother gets home." "Because I said so."

My childhood ambition ...

To be an archeologist

My favorite memory ...

As a five year old lying on my back on summer grass looking up at clouds and wondering....

Why I write ...

I love combining words and sentences that best express my feelings.

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

Recently finished "The Kiler Angels" currently reading John Grisham's "A Pained House", and struggling through Cerventes' "Don Quijote de La Mancha" in the original Spanish.... Listening to Arthur Rubenstein's 1967 recording of the Chopin Nocturnes.

My first job ...

Working for a company that put up tents for all occaisons.

My best moment ...

The birth of my daughters and my grandchildren.

My inspiration ...

My family. Chopin.

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