I consider myself blessed and very fortunate! I was born in Bronx (NYC), NY, raised in Westbury (LI), NY, and spent most of adolescence and earliest adulthood in Memphis and Germantown, TN. I've lived in Tallahassee, FL since 1982. I'm a dad, grandpa, son, brother, cousin, uncle, nephew and friend to many. I'm a lifelong liberal pacifist Lutheran. My hobbies are music, traveling and exploring, photography, current events, gardening, team sporting events, volunteering, and crabbing.