Passed mile marker fifty. Now living in Sunny Florida. Worked in service industry related fields all my life as own/op or consultant. Graduate of De Paul University (1980/81), after my B.A., I studied philosophy, world history, and psychology as a graduate student. Did humanitarian work for nonprofit volunteer organizations for many years, helped and got a piece of the iron curtain as it fell in the late 1980‘s. Numerous written works (verse & prose) published in newspapers, online journals and elsewhere. Some awards received over the years.