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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.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 (6 comments) SHARE CHACO MOON
I did the painting in 2002 and wrote the poem about it in 2007. See comment for a reference to Ekphrasis.
Friday, March 12, 2010 SHARE Moon Dance
This is an ekphrastic poem/sketch. I wrote the poem in June '09 and drew the sketch in October '09.
Saturday, March 6, 2010 (1 comments) SHARE Dogs & Cats
This is about what dogs and cats think about all day.
Monday, February 15, 2010 (8 comments) SHARE True Health Care
Great article by Dr. Norm Shealy on how we got into our current health care crisis....and a way out.
Saturday, February 13, 2010 (1 comments) SHARE The Waterboard
I came across this eye opening video on the experience of waterboarding.
Monday, February 1, 2010 (3 comments) SHARE HAITI SHAKEN
A short poem describing the natural and human disaster of the Haiti earthquake.
Monday, January 18, 2010 (2 comments) SHARE 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.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 (4 comments) SHARE 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.
Sunday, January 10, 2010 SHARE 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.
Friday, January 8, 2010 (9 comments) SHARE 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.