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Civil/ Environmental Engineer. Retired from the USDA Forest Service in 2001. Since then I'm dabbling in oil & watercolor painting, memoirs, poetry, grandfathering, golf, gardening, Meals-On-Wheels, and OpEdNews. To preview my new book, Ekphrasis, send me a Comment.
(6 comments) SHARE Tuesday, April 6, 2010 CHACO MOON
I did the painting in 2002 and wrote the poem about it in 2007. See comment for a reference to Ekphrasis.
SHARE Friday, March 12, 2010 Moon Dance
This is an ekphrastic poem/sketch. I wrote the poem in June '09 and drew the sketch in October '09.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, March 6, 2010 Dogs & Cats
This is about what dogs and cats think about all day.
(8 comments) SHARE Monday, February 15, 2010 True Health Care
Great article by Dr. Norm Shealy on how we got into our current health care crisis....and a way out.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, February 13, 2010 The Waterboard
I came across this eye opening video on the experience of waterboarding.
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, February 1, 2010 HAITI SHAKEN
A short poem describing the natural and human disaster of the Haiti earthquake.
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, January 18, 2010 Lake Tahoe Cabin - Watercolor Painting & Poem
Lake Tahoe Cabin is my 4th ekphrastic painting/poem post. I painted the watercolor in 8/00 and wrote the poem about it in 6/07.
(4 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 12, 2010 FIREFALL painting/poem
FIREFALL is the third in my series of ekphrastic painting/poems. I completed the painting in 1/00 and the poem in 4/07. Enjoy Ekphrasis.
SHARE Sunday, January 10, 2010 Watching McKinley --- Painting and poem
I painted Watching McKinley in July '04 a year after a vacation to Alaska, and wrote the ekphrastic poem describing the painting in April '07.
(9 comments) SHARE Friday, January 8, 2010 Watching McKinley --- Painting and poem
I completed the oil painting in July, 2004, the year after a cruise to Alaska and wrote the ekphastic poem in April 2007.