My family moved to Florida from Pennsylvania when I was just a young child. The family is large, my twin brother and I are the youngest of ten. The move to Florida was the best move for the family and the health of our mother.

      I was an above average student as far as the grading system, I was into the student council in junior and senior high school. Questioning everything I was learning led to a bit of rebellion that we do not need to embellish on.

      After traditional public schooling in Miami, my true learning path started. Back in the seventies hitch hiking was not recommended but many like myself traveled like this. Out from the protective wing of having family available in need, I took a couple years to explore life as a volunteer hermit.

       While going down the deep end (as my mother called it) I visited many college campuses, visited a couple Communes, met all kinds of people, and basked in the learning I was experiencing.

       All things must end, it was time to conform to life’s dictates, go to work, get an apartment, start a business, you know the path laid out for everyone. I became a decent provider in the plumbing trade. Reaching the top of the trade (licensed Master Plumbing Contractor) took me a while, although I never gave up. I was a good boy now, learning code, rules, regulations, laws, insurance, taxes, you know; what you need to learn to get permission to make a living in the State.

        Then life took a nose dive that led to my next great learning spurt, perhaps the biggest relearning event of my lifetime. This point in life was so mind blowing, in-form-ation was flowing, changing, challenging everything.

        Like many others, my schooling has just been a hunger for learning. I have never and will never graduate, I have passed many courses without any diplomas. I am still in-forming, I dabble at out-forming, by sharing these stories.