I retired having taught high school history, gotten a doctorate from harvard, got divorced, driven a taxi, was remarried and worked for thirteen years as an administrator in a state mental hospital.

My wife and I travel, having just returned from an Earthwatch project: helping to excavate a Roman fort in northeastern England. I'm currently working on a book on my family's grocery store in Omaha, Nebraska. What is important to me? My family, my neighborhood, opera, the Boston Red Sox, the Nebraska Cornhusakers, my friends, Carleton College, and cooking.