As a teacher, coach, and drama director I always thought my book would be about track and field or acting for young people. I never got to write that book because of the first and second jobs. Then, there were two sons to teach, coach, and direct. I left teaching and Vermont for various jobs on Cape Cod, which was a very good place to fish, golf, and work for the Postal Service.
Though I was a jock, I read a lot. My favorites back then were Vonnegut, Wambaugh, Ross McDonald. Though I wrote for school newspapers in High School and college, my more...