• As the son of educators born in a small town near the Pacific, I was encouraged to investigate and develop an intellectual curiosity. Exploring beyond my immediate surroundings, I tried connecting in new ways to find people who embraced my difference. Seeking out my passions, I needed more than a standard job, or an addiction to reality shows. After attending the University of Oregon, then Michigan State University, I drifted south to Arizona where I worked in field archaeology for four years before venturing on to teach history in the classroom for seven. I traveled the world, always seeing something more on the horizon, wanting more. I worked in Montana as a museum director before finally returning to farm country just outside my hometown. I realized there was so much more to learn about my home state and those unique people who were forged by rain. Facing alienation and disappointment through much of my life, things suddenly turned toward a new game with a broader meaning. I was living on a 350 acre farm finding myself again. I enjoyed waking up with the dawn, treating my new surroundings like a detective novel as I wrote. I finally found a sense of fulfillment .

  • "The most subversive people are those who ask questions."

    -Jostein Gaarder