ABOUT

A Bit About Me 

I teach, write, read. What I love most, though, are my family and my friends.

Major accomplishments: Married for over 46 years to my beautiful, talented wife, Lana; helping to raise a wonderful son, Shane, and daughter, Piper; providing a minor assist with their children. 


Irreverent sense of humor, which will be evident as we go along, passed down from my dad. Am working toward living in the present moment, immersing myself in spirituality and religion, contemplative and simple living, in humility and service. 


Almost failed second grade because I was so shy, perhaps because I am color blind and no one caught it for years. 


Feel pretty eclectic whether it’s true or imagined – I have both a theater degree (right side of the brain), M.B.A. (left side of the brain) and a doctorate in training and learning technologies (outdated side of the brain). 


I have written or co-authored nine books (two of those books are compilations of essays and photos from Profound Living.  Whew!  Those are a lot of work!  I think I have one or two left in me.


Have many, many flaws but am working to overcome them daily. Enjoying life now more than I have in many years. 


Looking forward to an ongoing causerie (chat) with you. 


Hopefully we’ll all learn something together.


Why Profound Living "Essays"?

I prefer to call these Profound Living pieces “essays” rather than blog posts - though it’s probably just an affectation. They are written in the spirit of essayists like E.B. White and, of course, the person responsible for the term “essay”, Michel de Montaigne. 


Montaigne famously used the French term essai, which means “trial” to describe his writings. The term “essay” comes from this.


There is one other legacy that Montaigne left behind that resonates with me. In 1576, he had a medal made which said Que scais-je?, which means, “What do I know?”. As translator J. D. Cohen writes in his introduction, “He had come to recognize by experience and reading that the intellect was powerless to discover those truths about which he was most curious…what passed as truth was often a matter of climate and upbringing, of passion and prejudice, depending entirely on the inquirer’s viewpoint” (p. 10).


References:


Cohen, J. M. (1959). Introduction. Montaigne Essays (pp. 9-21). Harmondsworth, Middlesex; Baltimore: Penguin Books.

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