the_cooler

I feel fortunate, my short story. going to college, I can't stand to be inside very long, I wanted to be a carpenter. I went to UF, majored in Botany with the most kickass professors on the planet. got out, moved around did odd-botany jobs 'til I got a job teaching science at a fine arts magnet high school, a fantastic experience. but I had to leave for opportunity to to do a lot of field work & real science. now I do botany, wildlife surveys, wetland stuff, forestry, land management, I want do to my best for our beautiful Florida while under amazing population pressure, sustainability. i am ecology, but our company has archaeologists & geologists too.
I'm a project manager, which means I juggle & tiptoe a dozen things at a time, usually 2-3 days/wk. field work, then I go home & write about it.
but our current cool project is working for the Department of Forestry assessing the damage to the timber resources by the 2004 hurrincane season. So we did aerial surveys in fixed-wing planes, and now we are ground-truthing random plots all over the paths of the hurricanes. it's so cool being in the middle of nowhere, wher very few people have ever been, I'm leaving again monday for another week of heaven/hell. Ok, that's enough for now.

Hey, thank you for that insight, that'
s the kind of stuff I love, critical observation, a nice place to be. I think at the moment I'm fixated on simple composition, and I didn't even realize it. perspective gained. much respect & grace.