Born and raised in the suburbs of NYC, it wasn't any too soon for me to head north and to transplant myself in VT, with the intent of enjoying a more ‘down to earth' and finer quality of life. Having graduated from Wesleyan University in 1971, with a BA in Art and English, and then receiving an MAT at UMass in Amherst in 1974, (and after having attempting to make a living in the art world, doing wood sculpture and photography), I decided to try m...