: About Me

I was raised in Idaho, at a time when most of the land was not encumbered with fences. My brothers and I could ride all day and never leave the ranch. When the body is allowed to roam free, the mind will surely follow.

My favorite writer's quote is attributed to Mark Twain, and goes something like this... "The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a great matter. It is the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning." Smart man, that Sam Clemens.

My favorite poet still remains A. B. "Banjo" Paterson of Australia, who at the age of 21 in the year 1865 wrote The Man From Snowy River, and the opening lines never fail to grab and hold me until the last verse.

"There was movement at the station for the word had passed around,
That the colt from old Regret had got away,
and joined the wild bush horses,
He was worth a thousand pound,
So all the cracks had gathered to the fray."

Someday I will write in a way that makes people feel what I feel... I will make them laugh, I will make them cry... I will make them ponder why. Richard Hooton

My passion is ...

Writing

I know too much about ...

Nothing

My parents always told me ...

To wash behind my ears

My childhood ambition ...

To become a Forest Ranger...and meet Smokey the Bear

My favorite memory ...

Attending the opening ceremonies at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Why I write ...

I write to remember... and to be remembered

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

Ernest Hemingway's "A Moveable Feast"... again

My first job ...

Loading bales of hay for my uncle

My best moment ...

Winning my first sheepdog trial with Archie the Wonder Dog

My inspiration ...

Mark Twain... always. For his wit and humor.... and inspiration.

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