Introduced to caving in the Pacific Northwest by Dr. William Halliday.
Caved in TAG & Canada.
Born three years after WWII ended. Army brat.
Great-grandfather rode three years with JEB Stuart.
Father fought in three (count 'em, 3) wars: I, II, and Korea.
Raised in the Eisenhower and McCarthy years.
Had a typewriter at six and used it.
When Kennedy was shot: in 10th grade Personal Typing Class.
Came of age during Viet Nam era. Stayed 1A for a year, never called up.
College in Vermont.
Graduate school at Johns Hopkins--MFA with novelist John Barth.
When the Trade Towers collapsed: in Burlington, buying new hockey skates. Saw it happen on the store's TV.
Jobs: dockmaster, night club manager (booked Emmy Lou Harris and Bruce Springsteen when they were small), big city cop, magazine editor, TV personality, freelance writer, P.R. guy, horse wrangler, ad agency v.p., and book author.

Favorite fiction writer: James Salter
Favorite nonfiction writer: John Keegan
Best film of all time: Saving Private Ryan
Best President: Washington
Worst President: Who comes immediately to mind? No one else is even close.
Favorite drink: Cider
Favorite woman: Liz
Favorite horse: Maria
Best food on earth: Curtis' "Eighth Wonder of the World" Barbecue in Putney, Vermont
Favorite ocean: Pacific
Favorite doings(after writing): wreck diving, shooting, reading, riding, working out, flying little planes.
Most hated doings: Flying on big planes, except JetBlue, which rocks. Colonoscopies. Watching pols of all persuasions except Patrick Leahy.
One person in history I'd like to meet: the greatest gladiator.