I come from Toledo, Ohio and retired in Florida in 1986.  Because of the anonymity that  a new location provided, found the courage to try new things.  Photography and community theater was a part of the first few years.  Always interested in writing, I bluffed my way into the newspaper world where I became a columnist and social writer.  Beyond that I felt the need to express a more introspective side of myself and began to write poetry and humor.  My latest genre is historical-novels.  I now have four books published