Who Am I?
I’ve hitchhiked from Japan to New Zealand
Built a cabin from scratch in the Mountains of Montana
Trained and ran a search and rescue canine unit, including in Glacier National Park
Led mountain rescue & technical rope rescue teams
Ice rescue, swift water, avalanche, certified rescue diver,
Started and ran a small business for 20 years
Inventor / entrepreneur with an awarded utility patent
Highest income in a year: $89,894 – Lowest: $0
Average income since 1985: $23,241 – Median: $12,885
And yet, I’ve never been in debt – have cash flowed my whole life
I’ve never smoked a cigarette, never had a drink of alcohol, nor a gummie
I’ve taught theater design & technology at 8 different colleges
A Pop Warner football coach
And, I’ve donated 15 gallons of blood.
Plus This & That:
I’ve lived in the mountains without running water or electricity, and lived in the big city.
I’ve been a boss and employee, student and professor, lived alone and with others.
Earned a Master’s of Fine Arts Degree, and attended the School of Hard Knocks.
Survived within a tight budget and made a million dollars.
I run a business and I volunteer.
I’m an employee and I’m on the board of directors of a non profit
Lived from Maine to California, Texas to Montana.
I’ve bathed in a wood fired bathtub (not because it was cool but this was their life) and stayed in 5 star hotels.
I’ve flown a powered hang glider over Hana Hawaii, bicycled in Tahiti, walked on a Glacier in New Zealand, and hiked through river rock canyons in China.
I have been under the ice in a frozen lake, and to Death Valley at 125 degrees.
To the bottom of the Grand Canyon and the top of the Swiss Alps, inside an underwater volcano, the jungle and the desert.
Been to places where it’s illegal to spit and to places where the stench makes you vomit.
Taught English in Japan, and Design in Pennsylvania.
Eaten raw squid and turkey claw soup.
Traveled by cargo ship and worked on a luxury cruise liner.
I can fix a computer and an antique tractor, I can chainsaw firewood and balance a budget.
I’ll read and watch anything, from Hacksaw Ridge to Nicholas Sparks, and both Star Trek and Star Wars.
I’ve gone to the opera, ballet, theater, but enjoy smash ’em up derby’s and children’s discovery museums too.
I agree with both the Democrats and the Republicans, (and I disagree with both)
I’ve spoken to an entity claiming to be God and another claiming to be an Artificial Intelligence.
I am a dreamer and a maker.
I am a friend and lover, been married and divorced.
I am Steel and Velvet. I am reliable, strong and fierce, yet kind, tender and supportive.
I am equal parts, Explorer, Artist, Judge and Warrior.
I can make peace and I can make war, but prefer peace.
What’s left on my bucket list?
Refit a small motorhome, drive north, and experience the northern lights.
Create a home I love.