Writing, reading, art, walking/hiking, genealogy, archaeology, history.
Music
Catholic tastes. I like classic music, particularly Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, but also the blues, folk,Latino and world, rock and new age.
Movies
The Gods Must Be Crazy 1 and 2, Lawrence of Arabia, Wuthering Heights, The Trouble With Harry, Jeremiah Johnson, Dances With Wolves, The Silence of the Lambs, To Kill a Mockingbird, Fargo, Snatch, The Missing.
Television
Crime show junkie: Criminal Minds, The Wire, NCIS, Law and Order, CSI, etc., etc.; not much else except PBS, History Channel, Food Network.
Books
So many it would take another section to list them all. A few classics, then: Poe, Dickens, Melville, Emily Bronte, Steinbeck, Cervantes, Dumas, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jack London, Hemingway, Nabokov, Katherine Anne Porter, Ross Lockridge Jr..
Modern: Peter Matthiessen, John Gardner, John Fowles,Jim Harrison,Jon Krakauer,Bernard Cornwell, Arturo Perez-Reverte.
Mystery writers:Charles Williford, Ruth Rendell, James Hall, James Lee Burke, Elmore Leonard, John Burdett, Martin Davies, Caroline Graham, Elizabeth George, Greg Iles, among others.
Heroes
My parents and ancestors; Henry David Thoreau, Jacque Costeau, Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Picasso, Bernard Shaw, T.E. Lawrence.
About me: I live and write in central Pennsylvania, where I was born. I've published seven novels. They are: Watch The Hour, published April 15, 2009 by Whiskey Creek Press, www.whiskeycreekpress.com, ISBN 978-1-60313-476-7; "Corruption's Child," third in the Sticks Hetrick mystery series, ISBN-978-1-60313-219-0, published June 2008 by Whiskey Creek Press,"Cruel Cuts," A Sticks Hetrick mystery, ISBN-978-1-59374-910-0, published November 2007 by Whiskey Creek Press; "Something In Common, A Sticks Hetrick Mystery," ISBN 1-59374-499-4, published June 2006 by Whiskey Creek Press.
"The Accidental Spy," ISBN-1-897370-55-5, published May 2008 by Lachesis Publishing, www,lachesispublishing.com
"St. Hubert's Stag," ISBN 0-595-32869-5, published 2004 by iUniverse, www.iuniverse.com; "Schlussel's Woman," ISBN 0-595-29929-6, published 2003 by iUniverse.
The Sticks Hetrick series, "The Accidental Spy" and "St. Hubert's Stag" are also available in electronic format.
Excerpts, reviews, short stories, essays and other information on my work is available at my website, http://jlind11.tripod.com
I'm also a pen and ink artist and genealogist.
I have a son and a daughter and four grandsons.
Who I'd like to meet: People interested in writing and art, whether they're actually involved in producing it or just interested--that means readers, writers, librarians, teachers, booksellers, artists, musicians and other potential friends.
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The most amazing thing did appear From out of the sky floating near I reached my fingertips there to touch And felt it overflow with love so much.
Mostly out of nothing was it made Like light shining through the water it wade With sparkles delight where a hidden star Suddenly reveals itself close from afar.
An idea is heard throughout every sense Inspired by love surrounding like a fence For blessings they pour like a waterfall Ascending from above to hear your call.
Around every turn connect up on high Give the golden flower as it passes by Believe in the way that knows only love. And hold true to those thoughts gentle from above.
The witness reveals blessings emanating from the central column where there in the midst divine holiness resides.
We rise above this mountain climb Letting go of self, results and time. Integrating the all with the one And flowing past rivers lit by the sun.
In a whisper sometimes a voice you hear Strong as the wind moves to see it appear This truth this purpose a certain way. In the spaces between know what to say.
You’ve always dreamed the way to go Watching from afar with wisdom to know The inner pathways unto forever Ride with confidence turn aside never.
This will is one for all to be As love reveals its certainty And joyous songs fill the air With gifts of kindness for all to share.
A small boy a town crier at midday Shouts, “the Sabbath comes make way.”
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