I was born in 1949 and my first home was married student housing at Denison University in Granville, Ohio, where my parents were young students. I have lived in Iowa City, IA, Las Vegas, N.M., Upper Arlington, OH., Santa Fe, N.M., Sausalito, Ca., Karşıyaka, Turkey, Larkspur, Ca., Berkeley, Ca., and near Bishop, Ca., among other places, and returned to Santa Fe in 1973. I delivered newspapers in Santa Fe as a kid and later, after getting bored with firefighting and conservation work in California, tended bar in Santa Fe. I came to think of Santa Fe, or at least its hills, sky and colors, as my hometown. I reported and edited for newspapers in Santa Fe and Albuquerque for 40 years, starting in 1974, and retired in 2015. I have lived for the past 35 years in Placitas, New Mexico, a quiet middle ground between Santa Fe and Albuquerque with elbow room and good access to public land.
dream ranch 