
The Meandering Madman
A Hobo Author
Growing up in Minnesota, I hated reading. I never got it. After nearly failing out of college, I nearly left school to disappear, to tramp about the American West, to hone my talents as a writer. A couple of professors observed my impediments with reading and comprehending texts. After receiving assistance - learning how to learn in college - I rediscovered my path in education. Having spent the past thirty years as an accomplished middle school science teacher, my attention is returning to a love of writing. In recent years I have contributed poetry to a local magazine and now turn my attention to authoring SF novels and short stories. Collections of poetry may be in my future as well as some essays and humor. I do my best work on the road, visiting small towns, sitting in solitude upon some mountain outcrop, or nestled in a local dive. I take pride in being a hobo west of the Rockies. Maybe we'll meet somewhere along US101 or US395. I'll be the guy in a pub pulling an engineering notebook from Sven, my satchel, sipping on an old fashioned, and recording my soul with a fine pen - I love a good pen. Feel free to stop say hi.

My Fave 5 Reads of 2025
Hail Mary
by Andy Weir
North Woods
by Daniel Mason
Fool
by Christopher Moore
The End of Eternity
by Isaac Asimov
Memoirs of a Space Traveler:
Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy
by Stanislaw Lem
Favorite Book Stores
Port News and Books
Port Angeles, WA
Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore
San Diego, CA
Imprint Bookshop
Port Townsend, WA
William James Booksellers
Port Townsend, WA
Levin & Co.
Healdsburg, CA
The Book Loft
Solvang, CA
City Lights Booksellers & Publishing
San Francisco, CA
Screens & corporate empires be damned.
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