I am an eclectic reader, but in recent years seem to gravitate to classics, biography, history, especially American Civil War, and geology. It is common for me to have more than one book going at a time.

I enjoy words and how people use them. I also enjoy pens, paper and writing, movies, cooking, crossword puzzles, cycling, singing and plants, especially fruit trees. Then there is football and college basketball and coffee. (I am one of those nuts that buys green coffee beans over the internet and roasts them at home.)

I teach Sunday school to 6th, 7th and 8th graders.