Favorite Activities

 Walking, hiking (I especially enjoy ten-mile walks twice a week.)

 Reading (including books about Kentucky and ones by Kentucky authors, books about writing, several newspapers, Kentucky Monthly and Time)

 Quiet times with good friends (I’m not a party animal.)

 Following a few sports teams (EKU basketball and football, Reds, Bengals, UK football)

 Looking for books at Goodwill stores

 Writing words of encouragement

Favorite Books

 Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer

 Clay’s Quilt by Silas House

 The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

 Icy Sparks by Gwen Rubio

 Citizenship Papers by Wendell Berry

 Journal for Lalie: Living Through Prostrate Cancer by David Dick

 A Literary History of Kentucky by William S. Ward

Favorite Movies

The Sound of Music

Driving Miss Daisy

Apollo 13

The Shawshank Redemption

People I Admire Most

The “heroes” in Kentucky’s Everyday Heroes

John McCain and Barack Obama

Patrick John Hughes (the true model of a human father)

David and Lalie Dick

Biggest Pet Peeves

Cigarette butts thrown on ground

People getting aggravated when I drive the speed limit

Talk shows with political agendas