: About Me

I'm a voice actor for radio and television commercials, industrial videos and the like, and I'm also a long-time copy and script writer. What I write here, however, comes from a different place. Here I write to the beat of my own metronome. If a little wry humor or nostalgia creeps into my work, well...I'm old enough to have earned the right to reminisce or to take the world a bit less seriously.

I'd be grateful for your comments on my writings; input can only make me a better writer, and I take criticism well. So enjoy...and be in touch!

Virgil

My passion is ...

Keeping the squirrels out of my bird feeders...!

I know too much about ...

The broadcast industry.

My parents always told me ...

"You should have been a teacher."

My childhood ambition ...

To be an animator for Walt Disney.

My favorite memory ...

I have too many "favorite" moments in my life to list here.

Why I write ...

It's a process of self-discovery...and sharing.

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

Historical fiction always gets my attention; my Tv is almost permanently tuned to PBS.

My first job ...

I had two: a paper route and bagging groceries for tips.

Home & Garden > Trees & Shrubs Mesquite trees of Texas

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THE UBIQUITOUS MESQUITE My recent relocation to the plains of northern Texas presented me with some surprises. One of the most obvious aspects is the openness of the land; there seems to be more sky here than I'm accustomed to. That is due, of course, to the fact that for more than a quarter-century I have lived beneath oak, gum, hickory and persimmon trees many of which reach well over a hundred feet tall at maturity. Here I see nothing taller than a decent-sized stepladder: ten or twelve feet, on average, for the mesquites that dominate the land. If there are other species that thrive he...

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