A life-long reader and writer, I started my autobiography after a brush with the grim reaper when I was seven. That was sixty-six years ago, and I’ve been working on it, in one form or another, ever since. Pretty much self-educated, and have had two careers, lots of jobs, and a stint in the US Army: cook/chef for 20 years, and after I sobered up, 20 years as a community organizer. Blissfully retired, my wife and I live in Seattle, and have been spending winters in Guanajuato, Mexico for the past three years.