I'm a 51 year-old semi-retired grandfather
(my wife and I babysit our two grandkids three
days a week) who had a career in government
finance, before escaping to Providence (the
name my wife and I gave to the house and surrounding
woods and streams where we now live, outside
a little country village).
We also own a chunk of Adirondack forest and
a cabin that we built ten years ago, which
sits halfway up a hill and looks down upon
Holly Lake - we call our camp "Cherryhill".
Most of the Personal Experience Essays I write
come from what lies outside the doors and
windows of our home and camp - nature stories
that usually teach a lesson - a good and nourishing
one.
I write a nature-related bi-monthly article
for a regional body/mind/spirit magazine,
which pays me nothing yet has given me a lot
of confidence, a deadline, and some self-promotion
(it's called the Healing Springs Journal).
I write under the name M. Verner Frederick
- Verner is my middle name and was my grandfather's
name - something I use as inspiration...another
story...