



About

Born and raised in the USA, lived in New Zealand, Australia, England & Fiji. Resident of rural Nevada. National Geographic adventurer, flew the Atlantic both ways in a single-engine airplane. Sold all possessions and voyaged to the South Pacific to live back-to-nature for 26 months. Flight instructor, Park ranger, Air Force security police. Magazine editor at American Survival Guide & Knives Illustrated. Travel writer & photographer. Farm hand, beekeeper, poultry farmer, fruit picker, raised cattle & hogs. Master gardener. Rode a camel across Australia's Outback an equivalent distance of San Francisco to St. Louis. Public school teacher K-12, teaching Biology, Culinary Arts, Earth Science, English, Mathematics, Reading, Study Skills & Writing. University of Nevada professor through College of Agriculture, worked as sole professor for 10,000 square miles in frontier Nevada. Interests in wild edible & medicinal weeds, Polynesian ethnobotany, cheesemaking, UFO's & space exploration. Doctorate degree (PhD) with three areas of specialty. Software developer. Expert on farming off-world settlements. Am an aficionado of every genre of music. Love songwriting & composing music most of all.