Kenneth Grey Wilson
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Location | Texas |
| Introduction | Yes, I do live in Texas, but I have traveled, I read, and I try to keep up with the rest of the world. My wife and I have four young grandsons and I tend take the long view of things. I was self-employed as a craftsman for many years and now I read, travel when I can, paddle a kayak when the rivers are up and do a little research and writing. I collect, old postcards, hand-made toys, pieces of rusty wire, and other small treasures including quotes from people who are smarter than I am: "He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors." -- Kipling |
| Interests | My book was just pulbished: "Snapshots and Short Notes; Images and Messages of Early Twentieth-Century Photo Postcards," University of North Texas Press, 2020. ken-wilson.com, Concerns: Political and economic inequality, and the environment. Other interests:History & travel, adventures with grandsons, river running in a kayaks, flying dreams & old postcards. |
| Favorite movies | Monty Python and The Holy Grail, Annie Hall, The Big Lebowski, Dr Zhivago, Truly Madly Deeply, Hunt for Red October, Blade Runner, Young Frankenstein, To Kill a Mockingbird, It Happened One Night, Around the World In 80 Days, Lincoln, |
| Favorite music | singer-songwriters, blues, Tom Waits, Randy Newman, John Lee Hooker, John Prine, Marcia Ball, Cindi Lauper, Guy Clark, Ry Cooder, Janis, Chuck Berry, The Turner Brothers -- Jake and Nate |
| Favorite books | This Land is Our Land, Jedediah Purdy; The Book Thief; Catch 22; Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe, Laurence Bergreen, Pillars of the Earth; Desolation Angels; Post Office; The Great War and Modern Memory; Napoleon III and the Rebuilding of Paris. |