Life is my major influence.   And my work is, in its way, always in progress--  as, I suppose we all are.

Many Authors have influenced me-- From Shakespeare & Chekov to  Allen Ginsberg & Langston Hughes.
From Dickens to Michael Ondaatje. And many, many others, some unknown -- here and elsewhere, gifted writers who 'move' and 'inspire'...

Thus it goes--   Life & Writings as I stumble through and try ...  to try!