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I've always told stories. Some were in love letters, some to get laughs, some to release energy, good or bad. My lifetime written word counter must be running in the millions yet I keep going, looking for the next interesting story.

Who am I? I started a career in international affairs, sidestepped to educational travel, was body-slammed by 9/11 and the slumping economy, and began a second career in architecture. Now I'm a licensed architect but I've never given up writing. I'd argue that writing makes me a better architect, as the crafting of phrases, paragraphs, chapters, and books is much like creating a building from nothing but lines on paper.

I've published two books--one non-fiction and one novel--and have two more fiction works in th ...more

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Aaaaaand…I’m back. Some years later, through more adventures, victories, losses, and grey hairs than I can count. As was my goal in the beginning, I do this to chronicle a life in motion and a place, as always, to learn from my mistakes. In time, as I restart this machine of a blog, I’ll find a way to explain how I left my profession, started a brewpub, became a public leader, closed the brewpu

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The White Company (Dover Literature: Historical Fiction)

by Arthur Conan Doyle

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