The author is retired from another life and lives in the mountains of eastern West Virginia with his muse along with one little and two big dogs and a diminishing pride of two cats and other critters who come along the path from time to time. He retired one morning years ago when he woke up and said, "This is the day." It was simply time to do something new with his life. He had done whatever he did long enough, and now it was time to do something else. Being independent and no longer in the reins of someone else's driver, he believes he has found something to cherish that he never had before....