About Me

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I was born on New Years Day, in a small town in Arkansas, USA. We moved a lot during the next 18 years and the family lived in 9 different houses, in 4 different towns, in 2 different states. After graduating from High School, I enlisted in the Air Force and spent 4 years doing maintenance on B-52s. At University I studied History and Political Science and received a BA from CSUN. While in college I met and married my wife, Elizabeth. We have two adult children (both married) and two beautiful granddaughters. I have held all types of jobs from farm laborer to management positions in Government and private industry. I took an early retirement and then devoted myself to “fun” jobs that have included bartender, taxi driver, newspaper reporter and columnist, free lance photographer, security guard, and several others. I was a PC programmer for part of my career with Civil Service and now do WEB programming for fun. At various times in my life I have lived in Arkansas, Texas, Colorado, Massachusetts, California, Maryland, South Carolina, Nevada, and Israel. I have traveled to 37 of the 50 United States and to Canada, Mexico, England, France,Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Israel, and Cyprus.
I have always been interested in politics and current events and have been a candidate (unsuccessfully) for office. I have served as a delegate to 4 county and 3 state Democratic Party conventions in two different states. (Not in the same years!) I lean to the left politically and consider myself a Liberal Democrat (although I sympathize with certain views of the Libertarians and was once a Republican [back in the days when that party still had a Liberal Wing.])
I enjoy painting and have sold some works, but haven’t done any painting for the last few years. In addition to my newspaper articles, I have also been published in poetry anthologies.
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