Journalist, novelist, connoisseur of failure. Pacific Northwest native, San Francisco resident, New Mexico in my soul and Tahiti on my mind. You can't hurt me, I grew up watching the Seattle Mariners.

I write in the woods. Okay, I also have sheep, bunnies, chickens, and very excellent helper dogs. And I spin wool. Um, and play tournament scrabble.

Scrabbler, father, grandfather, reader, moviegoer, friend.

Author: Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary Also: Word Freak, A Few Seconds of Panic, Wild & Outside Ex: Hang Up and Listen, WSJ, NPR, AP, Daily Pennsylvanian, Pel Mel

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