Auto-Biography

My auto-biography is a work in process...                                                                                                   But for now, there's this.

A time to relax.

Everyone should have one.

I am a Texan, after all.

A tool? Or instrument? Maybe both.

Now, this is living.

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Here, I thought I would add a few snippets of my writing throughout the years. I will start with the short tale below. I wrote this when our granddaughter E, was only about 4 or 5 years old. I was just having a bit of fun after I had taken her hiking on a popular, nearby trail of an elevation just under 3000 feet. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. ;-)

Summit of Mineral Ridge achieved by climbing team of
Scott & McKinley

On September 30th, 2000 the climbing team of Scott and McKinley achieved the much sought after,
but rarely accomplished, summit of Mineral Ridge.
Fighting inclement weather, and periodically regretting their daring decision to forego oxygen,
the unassisted expedition was made without the benefit of Sherpa or yak.
Highlights of the climb included a number of creative strategic techniques,
among them, the 'portage climb', where one member of the party carries the other for a (generally short) period of time,
and the 'sugar/carbo break', wherein a short rest is taken and glazed donuts are consumed.
While the team escaped without serious injury, the quick descent,
necessitated by the need to reduce exposure to the severe elements, resulted in a number of near catastrophic falls.
One member of the team expressed reservations about another attempt.

Scott and McKinley