About the Resident

Hi. A few words about myself.

My home, for over thirteen years, is Eugene, Oregon. Before the Northwest, I lived most of my life in Texas, although I was born in Poughkeepsie, New York. Also a bucolic two years in the Arkansas Ozarks in the back woods where I constructed a very cozy hand built home. Travel has always been a keen interest, I do have a BA in Geography. Out of the country adventures have taken me twice to New Zealand, a number of times to Mexico and Central America. My longest trip was nearly four years which included about two and a half years in Europe, all over, and less than a year and a half in east, central and south Africa. Reasons for travel were to satisfy my own curiosity about geography, culture, politics and just to see what would happen. During those travels, I indulged a keen interest in surfing.

Suburban Renewal happens. My place continues to evolve, I have lived here 7 years now. The bungalow has been home for a year now. [see current fotos] A great place to write, look out over the garden and enjoy a very aesthetically pleasant environment. Perhaps this is too pleasant. I don't go out as much as I should.

When talking about land use, I am fond of saying that if we lived in attractive and affirming places, we would have far less inclination to escape, to burn up gas, pollute the air and all the rest. So I experience the benefits of culture change this first hand. This is a very nice place to be, in the midst of suburbia, a refuge of a sort. I wonder how it would be if a lot more of the lots out here were like this,,,,,,

At home in the back yard.

Visit other pages. Note, the links below are to my art website. Too good to delete from this page.