Navy Veteran, former sheriff deputy, firefighter, and pilot. Now, a poor writer and author. Have lived in Tennessee (born there), California, Texas, R.I., Florida, Alabama, Nevada, and even London, England(yuck). Now live in the southwest USA with my wife, 6 little dogs and 28 turtles. My first novel, 'All The Oceans', is available through B&N and other book sellers worldwide.