I am a boy dreamer masquerading as a logical adult-witness Thinking, which grew from a philosophy major, a PhD in English Renaissance Literature from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois; and an MS in Counseling Psychology from Gannon University. I have taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago; McMurry University in Abilene, Texas; Villa Maria College (now Gannon University) in Erie, Pennsylvania; and recently I retired from Gateway Technical College in the Wisconsin Technical College System. Hopefully my books and works show a love of beauty, people, country, and our earth. Next to teaching and being surrounded by Nature, I love writing. Hopefully my books will show that: My first adventure was myth and magic with The Karjill (a quest to restore order from chaos) and The Wizard (a coming of age of a boy growing to face dark forces). Then Sow the Storm (an adventure/danger/challenge of the young and bright against the abusing global power structure). I rashly wrote a poetical overview of human folly, God: an Autobiography. I hopefully showed the cleansing power of nature in The Other Edge of Beauty. Then the 2000 election fired up my patriotic spirit and I wrote: America, the Takeback, followed by a strong wake-up call to action in: Bridge Out: Full Speed Ahead. A book of 136 children's stories followed with a name just as big-Stories of Sunshine and Funtime, Wonder and Thunder, Mystery and Magic for the Young to Grow On-whew. I poured out poems in Broken Bits of the Rainbow when life kissed me on the cheek or kicked me in the groin. One of those kicks was my Mother's death In a Tenth of a Second. And now you have What Puts the Smile on Your Face to brighten your days. I continue to write to live more fully, acutely, reflectively, and gratefully.