Moderator’s Education, Professional, Volunteer History

A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY OF MODERATOR’S LIFE
      • Born and raised in Minnesota
      • ‘59-’60: Religious College
      • ‘60-’61: Lost, without direction; lived with uncle in Minneapolis
      • ‘61-’62: Dunwoody Institute (Minneapolis) — Studied surveying
      • ‘62-’63: Surveyor for MN Highway Department.
      • ‘63: Met wife; joined Army (stationed in France)
      • ‘65: Back Home from Army; reconnected with future wife; back to work at Hwy Dept. in St. Paul.
      • ‘66: Married; lived in trailer home; worked for Highway Department; Night school at U of M
      • ‘67-’71: Full time at U of M; Pre-engineering and Architecture
      • ‘70-’75: Worked for Surveying, Engineering and Architecture firms in Twin Cities.
      • ‘75: Moved to outstate MN for job as a Regional Planner.
      • ‘77: My wife and I started a bookstore. I started a new Job with a Community Action Agency (a non-profit that helps low-income families). At various times I was the Director of Housing, Assistant Director, and Executive Director of the agency. ‘93: I quit my job and went to work with my wife in the bookstore in a new location.
      • ‘98: Started a in partnership with five other couples.
      • ‘01: Closed the bookstore. Started selling books from home.
      • ‘01-’07: Odd jobs and volunteer work. Closed bookstore in 2021. Worked for Battered Women’s Shelter ‘04-’06 as Director of Communications and Fund Development.
      • In ’06, My wife and I remodeled the interior of old house for our son and his wife.
      • ‘07-’08: Part time work as Guardian Ad Litem; Volunteer work: Women’s Shelter; Habitat for Humanity; Circle Sentencing Restorative Justice Program; Mentoring; Began addition to our home; Heavy duty grand-parenting.
      • ’09 to present: More grand-parenting, volunteering (Hospice, Teach English as a second language to East Africans), mentoring, beekeeping in our backyard, home remodeling, reading, website development, shooting pool, bonsai; growing orchids, gardening, and writing.
      • ’16 to ’19: Work as a part-time field representative for the US Census Bureau.
      • 2019 to present: Fully retired except for blogging and gardening.