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Stantasyland, Quips Quotes and Quandaries is on amazon.com now. In paper back and Kindle... It's over 400 thoughts about life that I saved over the course of a bout 15 years...

I was born at St. Mary's hospital in Centralia, Illinois December 19, 1958. After graduating at Sandoval High School, I worked there as a janitor a few years.On March 16, 1979 I joined the United States Air Force and served twelve and one half years, achieving the rank of Technical Sergeant. I maintained a nine performance level, which is the highest mark, for my entire career. After volunteering to work at the Port Mortuary in Dover, Delaware during Desert Storm and Desert Shield as NCOIC (Non Commissioned Officer In Charge) of the body handlers, I returned back to my home base of K. I. Sawyer AFB in Gwinn, Michigan.
MY life and career went severely downhill. I began suffering from PTSD and bipolar disorder, along with suicidal ideation.
The base was in transition of closing so I took an SSB buyout in September, 1991 and ended my career in the Air force.
My condition ultimately caused a divorce.
After many years of therapy and medical treatment I now maintain a somewhat balanced and healthy life. I believe that my poetry is where I hide my Demons. I have been writing poetry since I was seventeen years old. “As far as my life and the lives of other veterans, don't be afraid to go to the V. A. and get the help you need. They have done wonders with my life and, without their help, I probably wouldn't be here today.”
Currently I have three books in print: Stantasyland: Poetic Verses, Return to Stantasyland: Poetic Verses, and Curse of the First Bite on Amazon.com for Kindle http://www.amazon.com/Curse-First-Sta... which is an ongoing epic poem. It is written completely in rhyming couplets spanning over four hundred pages and one hundred thousand words. It is a tale of modern fantasy in which a gifted sorceress begins a quest to rid the world of a powerful circle of evil vampires that have been preying upon mankind for thousands of years. Return to Stantasyland and Curse of the First Bite in paperback can be found at www.cafepress.com/stantasyland.