: About Me

What is there to know...I'm a writer, a novelist, an idealist and a cynic, a freelancer, a poet, an ex-educator, and a highly-opinionated philosopher...a liver of life, a traveler, a free-spirited, but very analytical thinker. Give me a topic...I'll write. Give me a topic I'm passionate about...my soul will sing sweet melodies disguised as words on a page.

I've forced myself to become adept with all forms of writing...no limitations...only challenges...thoughts running a marathon through my mind. Remind me again... why am I still filling in this bio when there is so much more out there to do...

My passion is ...

Writing

I know too much about ...

Philosophy

My parents always told me ...

I was a gypsy

My childhood ambition ...

To be a writer, a lawyer, and to paint the outside of houses

My favorite memory ...

When the love of my life spun me around in the middle of Madison Square Garden and the world suddenly had only us in it for a milli-second.

Why I write ...

It's who I am and what I love...my expression, my soul

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

Ayn Rand, John Irving, Dan Brown, Jack Kerouac, Talking Heads, David Bowie, Grateful Dead, Phish, Joplin

My first job ...

Age 15-cashier at a grocery store...painful

My best moment ...

Reading over the last page proofs of my debut novel, Existing the Moments

My inspiration ...

Life, adventure, people and their quirks

Pets & Animals > Horses (Other) An overview on the Kentucky Derby Festival

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"And they're off!" Louisville, Kentucky hosts the Kentucky Derby Festival- a two-week long party held prior to Kentucky Derby Saturday. This annual tradition began in 1935 and continues to entertain with just as much fervor, offering a wide array of over seventy events for all to enjoy. The Derby Festival combines much enjoyed entertainment with a growing anticipation for race day at Churchill Downs. It is quite the pep rally, with official events captivating the masses each and every year! Thunder Over Louisville: The Kentucky Derby Festival kicks off with the Thunder Air Show, a crowd-ro...

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