Verryl Fosnight

Verryl Fosnight is a retired physicist whose papers on electric propulsion and ion sources may be found by Googling "VV Fosnight."

He is also a semi-retired real estate investor who has three full time hobbies. His son does the day to day management of the properties, but Verryl gets involved on new deals.

As a recovering person he could never shake his anger and rage, until he finally found the secret. To give back to the Recovery Community he has written a book, "Recovery from Anger Addiction," in which he relates his life time of anger and how he recovered from anger, by healing it as an addiction. (http://angeraddiction.net/index.htm)

He also is an avid model railroader who specializes in operations. He hosts monthly operating sessions with up to 45 people to operate or run trains on his giant 4,000 sq ft HO model railroad near Sedona, AZ. Built on two levels, it has about 88 scale miles of track (5,300 feet). In operations the object is to pick up and deliver passengers and freight using the rules and techniques of the 1957 Wyoming Division of the Union Pacific as if they were trying to make a profit. (See www.wyomingdivision.org). He claims to be not so much a modeler as a person who loves to throw parties. So after a 4-7 hour session of operations, he and his wife Sharon often have operators and families to their home for a BBQ.

He and Sharon also have a fine amateur observatory with a 16" Newtonian scope, and they give occasional star parties, inviting other amateurs to set up on their grounds around the observatory so they and guests can share this wonderful hobby in the pristine dark skies of Sedona .

Kids are important in both the model railroad and the observatory. He loves to introduce youngsters to each hobby. They actually operate along with the men (and some ladies). He has abut 8 kids, ages 10-17 who take a full time job each month, and two ladies also are regulars. In the observatory they soak up the technical aspects of scopes and deep space objects they observe with Verryl and Sharon.