Member Pioneer Valley Chapter #276 in western Massachusetts. Past chapter president, 2011-2013. Author of the poetry books "Two Bloods: Fly Fishing Poems" (Split Oak Press 2010) with a back cover quote by Nick Lyons: "Two Bloods richly evokes the life of rivers and their trout, and also the spirit of a wise poet whose blood mingles with the life of both as he fly fishes. These are superb poems. They can stand proudly beside those of Richard Eberhardt, John Engles, and Ted Hughes" and "River Voice II" (Adastra Press, 2020).