Miscellaneous

"All intellectual improvement arises from leisure."

- Samuel Johnson

This summarizes any experiences not included anywhere else on this website. Most of this is general information about my interests and hobbies apart from my work (but which often intermingle into my work projects.)

Physical Activities

	Outdoor Recreation (canoeing, hiking, camping, etc.)
	Tai chi
	Walking
	Swimming
	Yoga

Hobbies

I play folk/country guitar and sing

I have played in several coffeehouses and community variety shows

I cook, and to add spice to this activity, I collect off-the-wall cookbooks, including:

The Mafia Cookbook

Dining with Sherlock Holmes

The British Museum Cookbook

Hamburger Heaven

The Casablanca Cookbook

Cooking in the Nude for Red Hot Lovers

Real Beer and Good Eats

The Nero Wolfe Cookbook

The Bordello Cookbook

The Medieval Cookbook

Champagne and Caviar

I read voraciously.

Fiction favorites:

Sherlock Holmes stories and pastiches (I was a member of the Singular Society of the Baker Street Dozen, Calgary's Sherlock Holmes society, 1999 to 2003)

Lord of the Rings (& The Hobbit) by J.R.R. Tolkien

King Arthur stories and pastiches

Spenser detective series by Robert B. Parker

Dirk Pitt series by Clive Cussler

James Bond series, by Ray Benson

Shannara series by Terry Brooks

The Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper

anything to do with canoeing

Non-fiction favorites:

anything to do with canoeing (no, that's not a typo)

anything to do with adventure travel

James Redfield's Celestine series

Shakti Gawain's writings

Julia Cameron's writings

Daniel Quinn's writings

I collect classic movies, especially

Bogart

Bond

Eastwood (hey, he's almost old enough to be considered a classic!)

I attend live theatre and movies.

Pets

	I shared my life with two cats, Cagney and Bogey, from 1986 to 1992
	Currently I am the pet person of two Congo African Grey Parrots, Nikki and Coco; you can learn more about them and about parrots in general at the The Kooky Congos Website.

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