Places I've lived

Born in Lima, Ohio

Briefly in Cape Giradeau, Missouri

Family traveled the country for 3-4 years .. was in 22 States before I entered first grade.

Richmond, Indiana .. first and second grade

Liberty, Indiana .. let's see .. third grade was Mrs. Orr, I think Showed my entrepreneurial temperment there .. mowed lawns (hand push mower!), lemonade stand, etc.

Morristown, Indiana .. 4th and 5th grades .. some stories could be told .. I remember when the 5th grade teacher came out on his front porch and shot his pistol into the air because three of us were outside his house on halloween night .. he was a butt!

Indianapolis, Indiana .. 6th grade. I remember getting heat stroke working with my father one summer day. We lived just south of Idlewild airport before the big expansion .. took a tour of one of the first jet airliners that flew in to Idlewild. Became an auto racing fan while there, but never have been to the Brickyard (Indy 500) in person.

New Hampshire, Ohio .. boy, oh boy .. the things I learned from those farm boys! I think I was in 8th and 9th grades while we lived there. Raised calves and chickens, plowed gardens, published a local newspaper on a memeograph machine, etc.

Piqua, Ohio .. lived there when I got my driver's license ... I think we were there for 3 years .. moved after I graduated from high school.

Perrysburg, OH .. went to one year of college (at Mt. Vernon, OH), then worked in an auto detail shop, then joined the Army

Army stuff: Ft. Campbell, KY basic training; Ft. Rucker, AL, Helicopter maintainance school; Phan Thiet and Phan Rang, South Vietnam; Naval Air Station Lakehurst .. discharged 1972, then went back to college in Mt. Vernon, OH.

Quincy, MA .. college and marriage 1973

Clifton Spring, NY (1975?)

Fredericktown, Ohio

Gallup, NM 1979-80

Mansfield, OH for a few months

Columbus, OH 1981-83

Wilmore, KY to 1985

Toledo, OH to 1989

Zanesville, OH 1990

Pittsburgh 1990 - 2005

Kittanning, PA 2005-2006

Atlanta area 2006 to present

This kind of looks like I'm a gypsy, doesn't it? Perhaps it is the Seminole Indian blood (great-great maternal grandparents) in me?

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More Favorite Things

Peachtree City Homes

Georgia Real Estate Sense

Tom Clancy books .. learned more about real, practical economics in one chapter of one of his books than I could have in 20 college courses.

Dick Francis mysteries .. great writer, great plots and great research

The view of the lake out of our back window

Maserati QuattroSporte .. WoW .. well, a person can dream, can't they?

An even bigger dream .. the Maybach .. manufactured by Mercedes Benz .. incredible limosine!

The new concept in homes .. Courtyard homes .. all the living areas open into the courtyard .. looking at the cluster home concept of courtyard hoes . love the privacy, compactness, etc.

Jesus of Nazareth .. the most incredible revolutionary of all .. He teaches us that revolution begins within .. within me. All other revolutions are destructive .. only His revolution is constructive and has future benefits out of this world. Great way to insure we can sleep well at night, too. Questions? Contact me.

I love counseling people who really are seeking answers.

Things I love to do

Counsel and encourage people who are hurting, especially from broken relationships.

Play my keyboards

Play my 12 string guitar

Play the electric bass

Write

Create websites

Entrepreneurship

Play Chess

Read Westerns (Zane Grey, etc.)

Read mystery novels

Read about history

Visit Haiti

Study Haitian history and culture

Learn Haitian Creole

Read on the boat while my wife fishes

Make my wife happy

Drive my wife around to do her errands

Preach! Don't ask me why .. it doesn't really seem to help anyone.

Drive fast .. when it is safe.

Bring peace into stressful situations.

Life in general .. Need some counsel?

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