I am originally from North Carolina but have lived in in the beautiful Pacific Northwest since the mid '80s.   I live with my spouse, Joyce, near Portland, Oregon.

I graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in English Literature. I have postgraduate course work in both education and business. However, I consider my substantial readings in comparative literature, science, religion, psychology, natural medicine, and metaphysics important aspects of my education.

I make my living as a technical writer, specializing in documentation for software toolkits and other writing for engineers as well as producing manuals and Windows help files for various computer end-users.

I also write essays, poems and short stories and have published in several periodicals (both print and online). I published two books in the Fall of 2003, Real Gifts, a selection essays and stories, and A Southern Line & Other Poems, a collection poetry written at various stages in my life.  Both volumes are available for purchase on the Home Page as e-books.  I also have had several showings of my photographs.