I am in the midst of writing the great America fiction novel with a restaurant business like a monkey on my back. I emerged onto this planet in Berkeley, CA, and found myself taking on the life of a gypsy. I have dwelt in many places from California to Ohio to Illinois to Delaware to the Tonkin Gulf to Jakarta to Makati to where I find myself now - Pennsylvania. I adore the outdoor, and as such, I find backpacking the closest experience to Nirvana. Over the span of so many moons I have written an exhaustive number of poems, a few short stories, a few trade publication articles and this novel that I have titled BLUR. Except for the articles, I have only been published on occasion in the university's literal magazine. I am married and have five children, three girls and two boys. I have a special affinity for movies: The Matrix and Another Earth, novels: Moby Dick, Treasure Island and Kane and Abel, and poets: Bob Dylan and E.E. Cummings.