profile picture

86262089

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Freelance Artist, Art Teacher, Stay-at-home-Dad, Photographer, Gardener, and home repair do-it-yourselfer.

I am an adopted male, born in the Buffalo, NY area on April 18th, 1965 seeking birth parents and possible siblings. I was 5 pounds, 14 ounces at birth. It was a full-term pregnancy. Birth mother requested that I be raised Catholic.

I was born in Buffalo or Erie County, but placed through the Cattaraugus County Department of Social Services. Social worker’s name was possibly nsmed "Anna Mae Present". I was surrendered on April 7th of 1966, and my adoption was finalized on February 27th, 1969. The finalization was in Cattaraugus County Family court, with Judge J. Richmond Page, and attorneys Musacchio & Pyle.

This is a late-discovery adoption. I found out only days before my 42nd birthday.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Fellow adoptees, and birth mothers, especially "Late Discovery Adoptees"

Also, open minded liberals, artists, photographers, art teachers, people with a creative side.

Also, I recently found out I'm adopted, so I'd like to meet my birth Mom & Dad and any siblings.

Likewise, would like to network with other adoptees and LDA's.

My Blog

What Last Week’s Election Means To Me

Within an hour of President Obama's victory speech, I re-hung my American flag for the first time in nearly 6 years. I did this at 2:00 AM, right after I modified one of my yard signs to say "Thank Yo...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:22:00 GMT

RE-Post; My Adoption Story So Far

One year ago it all started simply enough, as I requested my birth certificate from my mother. I bugged her for weeks to send it to me. She kept saying she'd look for it, and that she wasn't sure she ...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:06:00 GMT

There ought to be a law....

We have a good number of friends locally as well as online. For me, friends are extended family. We just received the sad news that the two-year-old daughter of two of our friends in our extended fami...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:56:00 GMT

Our Interview on Adoptee Rights - Video Link

Dear Friends, The following is a link to our interview on the unsealed initiative. For those who have never seen or spoken to me, I'm the bald fat-ass with the bad Buffalo accent. Jeff http://rocheste...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:49:00 GMT

Our air time tonight on Channel 8 News :-)

The following is a text excerpt from the interview we in Rochester gave to our local CBS affiliate this morning. This is in response to the protest in New Orleans.   Jeff     An emotion...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:19:00 GMT

Please join my letter writing blitz re: Adoptee Bill of Rights

Dear Friends,As the 2008 session in Albany is rapidly approaching an end, bill A2277/S235 "The Adoptee's Bill of Rights" rests comfortably in the Codes Committee. I am writing to each of you again to ...
Posted by on Tue, 27 May 2008 12:17:00 GMT

New Photo Album

I added a new album this evening of photographs in memory of those no longer here. I felt it appropriate with the upcoming holiday; and also considering the loss of family members and friends lately. ...
Posted by on Tue, 20 May 2008 06:55:00 GMT

a long overdue rest.

It's been a very long time since I've taken a day off for myself. That day started about 6 hours ago. We borrowed a stack of DVD's from the library, and the remainder of this weekend is nothing more t...
Posted by on Sun, 18 May 2008 07:44:00 GMT

In Remembrance of Aunt Ethel; d. 05-09-08

One week ago I sat here posting a blog in remembrance of my dear friend Jackie Kelley. Sadly, I sit here again tonight with another post; this time in memory of my Aunt Ethel. Aunt Ethel had been ill ...
Posted by on Sat, 10 May 2008 06:02:00 GMT

Jacqueline Marie Kelley; We Will Miss You!

The saddest and worse possible news greeted me in today's postal mail. My long time close friend has died. Jackie and I were email buddies from the very beginning of the internet. Our friendship's ro...
Posted by on Sat, 03 May 2008 14:55:00 GMT