Born in Duncan, Oklahoma in the mid 1940’s, the author considers “home” to be the ancestral home of his grandparents, Taos, New Mexico. While he has lived in a variety of places including Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado and New Mexico, he resides at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains close to the Colorado, New Mexico border where he has lived for many years. The author attended schools in Texas, Oklahoma, and Colorado receiving undergraduate and graduate degrees in Foreign Languages and Psychology. After a number of years in the booming oil and gas industry of the 1970’s the author returned to his long time dream of working with young children and painting the unique scenes of the American Southwest in oils and watercolors. While achieving some success in both areas, he began to document events of his life in story form. During the flamboyant days of the oil and gas boom of the 70’s, the author published technical articles dealing with enhanced oil production through reservoir stimulation. In the 1980’s, the author penned a series of poems of which several were published by organizations including Hospice. The author submits periodic articles to a variety of local publications. “Reflections in the Mill Pond” is the author’s first venture into a full length novel. He is currently writing a second.

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