About Me
This is my story
I am a writer, photographer, Harley-Davidson rider, pool player, awesome country-western dancer, lover of fine whiskey, small children, and faithful dogs.
I’ve led a nomad existence my entire life, starting with service in the Marine Corps, working in the oil field and construction, driving long-haul trucks across the country, and living life wherever it took me.
I have been a fan of photography as long as I can recall. At eighteen, I was in Okinawa when the Marines gave me twelve hundred dollars for enlisting. When I received that money, it was the most money I had ever seen! I immediately bought a Yashica 135 camera, and a Yamaha 250cc motorcycle.
Roaming the island of Okinawa on weekends when I was off-duty, exploring the island, and at the same time, exploring photography. This is when I discovered that I loved photography.
During that period of my life, I also began writing poems. I discovered that I could express myself through them and in turn – writing was either therapeutic or a cry for help. I’m not sure which.
My first book is titled ‘Tumbleweed’ and it is my story.
Tumbleweed began as a writing exercise, nothing more. I simply sat down one day and began writing an outline of every significant event in my life. I figured I would concentrate on writing them all down, then go back later and cull out the ones that weren’t as important.
Then I put the events in chronological order and began writing the stories about each event.
Some of the stories were sad, and some were funny as hell. I discovered that the more I wrote, the better I felt about the story. I know… I’m biased, but it actually seemed like a good story.