I am a hypnotherapist and a former bus driver. I wrote my first poem on 10-3-2004 and have now finished over 700 poems. I'm also in the midst of writing a spiritual, fantasy novel. Writing has become a ritual, keeping myself from stuffing and suppressing my feelings. I am also a spiritual warrior walking the path of the old ways of the indigenous. From 1990 to 1994, I apprenticed to a holy-man of South American descent. I consider this to be the best four-year investment I have ever made, and I now live a life of service to all who cross my path in need of spiritual/therapeutic counseling. I find stimulation and fulfillment from competitive games of skill (chess, etc.), reading, writing, hiking, camping, "journeying," ritual, spiritual gatherings, father/daughter time, studying/observing human behavior, sports, deep intellectual conversations, numerology, tarot, spiritual studies, and exploring the unknown vastness of life.