- Music
- Music is both a pastime and a passion
-
Piano:
I
am the proud owner of a Yamaha G-2.
Harpsichord: I
built a basic Zuckerman in the late 60s, while I was in college.
- Woodworking
- I have designed and built several pieces of furniture from
a ratcheting
music stand and footstool to several dressers, tables and clocks. My
favorite cabinet wood is cherry and I'm drawn to Shaker and
Mission-style furniture. My latest major project was a spindle
bed.
- Trains
- Model
Railroading:
I'm valiantly trying to recreate an idealized part of West Virginia and
the
B&O Railroad during the steam to diesel transition era.
For more information about the B&O, check out this info on their railroad museum.
If you prefer full-sized trains, check out my photo gallery
of steam trains that I've photographed and/or ridden behind.
- Fishing
- It's true that a bad day of fishing beats a good day at
work.
Fly Fishing and
Fly Tying: I caught
this bug a few years ago in the Black
Hills and have
fished
for trout in South Dakota, Minnesota, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado.
- Ohio State University Sports
- Ohio
State Buckeye
Football and
Basketball:
I got my advanced degrees from Purdue, but my heart is, and always will be, in Columbus.
- Marching Band
- I was a "band dad" for seven years,
helping with the Sioux Falls
Lincoln High
School Marching Band Stadium Crew. For two years I was
the site's webmaster. Now I follow the University of Nebraska Marching
Band; my youngest daughter was a Rank Leader in the Flagline her last two years
of college. Her fiancé is a music education
major so I hope to have another band to follow in the near future.
Steam
locomotives of all sizes are another interest.
I got this shot of a modern-day Wabash Cannonball
outside Lafayette, Indiana.
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