I've done some kind of design most of my adult life, and ironically got my first job when I finally achieved my degree in business administration because I could draw and design graphics. I've co-illustrated a children's book ('Arbuna'-1974) , designed commercial and residential stained and etched glass, graphics, signs, brass door handles (the Excalibur restaurant off Northwestern Highway in Southfield, MI back in '79), woodwork, carved doors, and now I'm breaking into the web design biz (yeah I know, who isn't?). I love just about anything that has to do with creating or aesthetics, actually.
In 1975 I hitch-hiked through eastern Canada to Quebec, down into Maine, drove to and around Nova Scotia and back to Maine, then hitch-hiked back to Michigan through the eastern U.S. I lived on an island called Kosrae in Micronesia with an island family for 4-1/2 months in 1979, and drove coast-to-coast in an 18-wheeler once in the winter of 1980, and 2-1/2 times in July of 1988. My boss sent me to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands for doing a good job on his catalog and logo back in '95, I've been to Mexico once, lived in Florida briefly and Texas for 10 years. A few years ago I went to Amsterdam for an extended weekend for the heck of it. I camped out on, and helped crew a sailboat sailing from Newport, RI to Boston, MA, 8/5-8/13/06. I want my next trip to be somewhere where I can learn how to surf!
I'm a big animal lover, (my cat reminds me of the Simpson's black cat, Snowball), a music lover, and I re-cycle!
Most of my friends are either in the advertising or food business, musicians, write, or are just plain creative and kooky. So is most of my family, come to think of it!
"Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps."--Emo Philips