Among other things I am a father, grandfather, greatgrandfather, brother, uncle and fortunate member of a large and loving family without a throw-away in the bunch. Now a writer of quips, essays and short stories, I started serious writing and my first novel at age 70. A chemical engineering graduate of Purdue University in 1949, I am a dreamer who would like to be a poet, a cosmologist, a true environmentalist and a naturalist. I've become a lecturer on several subjects. That's Daphne, my sweety and inspiration with me in the photo. Not shown in the photo is our little guy, Charlie. He's an energetic, very friendly, wonderfully happy Lhasa Apso born in September, 2003. He's a good one!