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My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | English Teacher |
| Location | Madison, Wi |
| Introduction | I am a husband, a doting dad of three daughters, a high school English teacher, and a wonderer. |
| Interests | My family, Camping, Fly-fishing, Hiking and Backpacking, Muscle-powered boating, Nordic Skiing, Alpine Skiing, Running, Basketball, My dog, Politics, Pragmatism, Good Beer, Cabernet Sauvignon (especially from Chile), Free-Trade Coffee, Early American History, John Muir, Sigurd Olson, Aldo Leopold, the Northwoods, The Rocky Mountains, The BWCA and Quetico, Solar Power, Tai Chi |
| Favorite movies | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Hotel Rwanda, A River Runs Through It, Hoosiers, Blood Simple, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Fargo, Thelma and Louise, Finding Nemo, Coach Carter, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Say Anything, School of Rock, Little Miss Sunshine, 3:10 to Yuma, Gran Torino |
| Favorite music | Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, Neko Case, Woody Guthrie, Rambling Jack Elliot, Van Morrison, The Grateful Dead, Drive-By Truckers, Fred Eaglesmith, The Cowboy Junkies, John Hiatt, John Prine, The Be-Good Tanyas, Lyle Lovett, Todd Snider, Ryan Adams, Whiskeytown, The Jayhawks, North Mississippi All-Stars, Greg Brown, J.J. Cale, Townes Van Zandt, Old Crow Medicine Show, The New Pornographers, The Red Hot Chile Peppers, The Rolling Stones, Counting Crows, The Allman Brothers, Allison Krause |
| Favorite books | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Arctic Dreams, Undaunted Courage, The Snow Leopard, Epitaph of a Desert Anarchist, Desert Solitaire, Son of the Wilderness: The Life Of John Muir, A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir, Rediscovering America: John Muir in His Time and Ours, A Sand County Almanac, The Necessity of Empty Places, When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi, Walking With the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement, The Singular Mark Twain, A River Runs Through It, The River Why, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Travis McGee Novels, Carl Hiaasen novels, To Kill a Mockingbird, Lord of the Flies, Slaughter House-5, Still Life with Woodpecker, Blue Highways, River Teeth, Zen Mind-Beginners Mind |