After living for nearly 3/4 of a century, I began to realize that I wanted to leave behind some of the lessons learned and the experiences that life had dealt me and so began to jot them down. Some friends then persuaded me to put them into a book. It also helps to keep the gray matter functioning when you have to think. In addition to "Meanderings of a Tortured Mind" I have also written a couple of poems which were published. God has let me live a fruitful and eventful life and I find it a joy to share it.