I am an avid catch and release bass fisherman who has a featured column on washingtonlakes,com. I facet rough gem stones to make jewelry for my wife and I garden and have 26 tree orchard all on land I cleared and planted. I retired at the age of 44 and have done a lot of traveling since. My wife and I have been married for 38 years now and have 2 children and 4 grand children. Life has been very good except for the arthritis and all the pills I take. For a young kid wo never read a book all the way through high school I now find myself a professional writer. What a turn around.