: About Me

I was born and raised in Columbus, Georgia. I worked as a printer for twenty-two years before joining Eastern Airlines in Atlanta, Georgia as a Ramp Agent in 1965. I was transferred to Miami in 1967 and worked in the Marketing Division as an Analyst in Publications and Forms and later was promoted to Editor and then Senior Analyst. My responsibilities were to review the Job Method Standard Practices submitted by other Analyst to ensure they conformed to a specific format and have them prepared in that format and sent to print to be distributed to the field. I retired after twenty-two years and started playing golf. My first book, "The Shadow Of A Snake," was published and released last summer and is available in some book stores and from the publisher, PublishAmerica.com.  My second book, "Brotherly Hate", was printed and released this July and is also available through the Publisher, PulishAmerica. This October my wife and I will celebrate  fifty years of wedding bliss. We have five children, nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren. We've lived in Miami for forty-three years in the same house. I love golf, to watch and to play, and usually, when my health allows, volunteer to marshal at tournaments being held here. I enjoy having a small garden every year.

My passion is ...

Writing and trying to play golf

I know too much about ...

how it feels not to be able to play golf well

My parents always told me ...

to be honest and tell the truth and have faith in God

My childhood ambition ...

to be like my father when I grew up

My favorite memory ...

the day my little brother was born

Why I write ...

it gives me great pleasure and I enjoy making up stories

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

I like the Discovery and Food channels

My first job ...

Car-hop at an Ice Cream Parlor Drive-In for 10c an hour

My best moment ...

Having my first book published

My inspiration ...

My father

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: My great, true, personal garden story

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MY GREAT, TRUE, PERSONAL GARDEN STORY - My wife worked in an upscale woman's store, located in Atlanta, Georgia, doing alterations for their customers. In the course of this employment she met a lady contractor who had just completed building a complete subdivision on an old farm just slightly southwest of the city. She liked my wife very much and was instrumental in us being able to buy our first home. She offered to help us buy the house if my wife would agree to sew for her at home once in a while which she did. The builder took care of all the paperwork including closing costs and we m...

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