I’m known for confounding friends and family; often squandering opportunity and potential for the sake of the greener side of the fence. This means that I’ve bounced around a lot doing various things. I’ve been a: gold miner in Alaska; a prison guard in New York; Navy corpsman aboard ship and with the Marines worldwide; timberframer in New Hampshire, and then in California; and Navy survival instructor in Maine.

I’m incredibly fortunate to have an immediate and extended family who have indulged me in this crusade to find new things to do - despite their raised eyebrows and impassioned pleas to get a real job. I’m also a couch potato and happiest when there are no chores to do; no bills to pay; and no obligations to meet. Why? Because this leaves me free to press onward in my voyage of discovery as I pursue various passions. Of late, this effort has been focused on getting my clumsy hands to produce that which I see in my minds eye, be it in wood or cyberspace.

So here I am with my personal passions - and nowhere near enough time to devote to either of them. As it turns out - a forty-two hour day allows for this quite nicely; and on any one of them I can be found right here at the computer or just a few feet away on the lathe. I think I’ve finally found that greener side of the fence.