On a dark and stormy night, I was “born at an early age.” Gulfport, Mississippi was the spot; February 1st, 1952 was the date. Since that time, my life has roared along at full throttle. Thankfully, the good Lord blessed me with Christian parents, who in turn, instilled into me a love and appreciation for all His creation.  For as the Good Book says, “If a man say, ‘I love God,’ and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother who he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?”

I attended William Carey College in Hattiesburg, Mississippi graduating in 1975 with a Masters Degree in Elementary Eduction. That degree lead to my first employment as a second grade teacher. That “fun” lasted for five years, and for the past 26 years, I’ve served the deserving, and the no-so-deserving, at the local Department of Human Services.

Over the years – 25 to be exact – I’ve been involved with the bustling theater scene, here along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. I’ve been blessed to portray an array of interesting characters: the Emcee in Cabaret, the Artful Dodger in Oliver, Captain Andy in Show Boat, Toby in Sweeney Todd, Harpagon in The Miser, Renfield in Dracula, and Ebenezer Scrooge in The Christmas Carol. I’ve designed and dressed sets for numerous productions such as The Little Foxes, Dracula, My Three Angels, and Tea and Symphony, a play that I’ve directed twice.

But at this acting has lead to another venture – writing. I’ve been absorbed for the past 9 years in the creation of a novel entitled A Chasing of the Wind. The novel is twisted around an unsolved, twenty-year-old, double homicide, which is about the most exciting thing that has ever happened in the provincial back water of Port Haven, Mississippi, my mythical town.  I write to create, not to publish, although that would be nice too!  Only time will tell.

My novel, like my life, is a “work in progress.” And as has been said in times past, “The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware – joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.” For those of you who visit this site, I hope and pray all is well for you and yours. May God Bless.