: About Me

I took my first freelance writing class back in 1986, a couple years fresh out of high school, than I took a more journalistic approach when I started college in 1990.

Every since that first class, I've been writing mostly for a hobby publication, that now publishes in PDF by its publisher, I'm the general editor of that same publication. As of today, I continue my editorial with the publication.

In February 2007, I had Cochlear Implant surgery to restore the hearing I had lost as a child back in the late 1960's. One year later, life in the hearing world has changed quite a bit and memory of sounds as a child and as given me a trust in life itself - The hearing world still sounds the same to me, even before I lost my hearing, loud and clear as a bell.

My passion is ...

Volunteering for the community I serve, writing, photography and enjoying the outdoors.

I know too much about ...

What its like being deaf, hard of hearing and having a Cochlear Implant

My parents always told me ...

To keep my head and chip up high!

My childhood ambition ...

Believe in what you can do as an adult later in life - today, that same saying rings true.

My favorite memory ...

taking vacations with my late Grandfather, Aunt and Uncle.

Why I write ...

Its been a passion for many years, I was inspired by many that wrote the written word.

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

Its been a rewarding life, music is always soothing to the ears.

My first job ...

Working in a resturant.

My best moment ...

When I was able to hear again, after I had my Cochlear Implant in 2007.

My inspiration ...

Many people who said, it was never possible to achieve a dream, when your actually living the dream yourself.

Hobbies & Games > Hobbies & Games (Other) How to become a ham radio operator

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He was a man with white hair, he must've been in his sixties or so, old enough to remind me of my late grandfather. He told me, he had been a ham for over 50 years, I was amazed, because of the array of antenna's he had on top of his house - walking down the street with a police scanner in hand, he thought I was a ham or as they called them in the days of my young age, an Amatuer Radio Opertator. Nope, just a kid that kept the tabs on the "Pearl Street Blues" of the Eugene Police Department. He invited me into his house, I saw an enormous set up of radio gear and computer equipment all con...

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