james and penelope
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Retired |
| Location | Punta Gorda, FL, United States |
| Introduction | James is retired from academia after over thirty years teaching history, he spends as much time as possible sailing with his wife and true love Penelope. This plus a bit of writing and reading to keep the mind alive, some travel, and making music makes life rich and sometimes unpredictable. |
| Interests | sailing, Cabo Rico, jazz piano, writing, environmental history, history of technology, American history, politics, travel, bicycling, California, Bahamas, Caribbean |
| Favorite movies | Patton, Mr. Baseball |
| Favorite music | jazz piano, blues, Goodman, Elllington, Waller, Brubeck, Blues Brothers, Etta Jones...my own |
| Favorite books | Don't Stop the Carnival, Technocracy, Four Guys in a Boat, Ecological Revolutions, Civilizing the Machine, Electrifying America, Life in a California Mission, Survival of the Bark Canoe, Cultural Patterns in American Politics, Flight Maps, Building a Bridge to the 18th Century...my own |