I am a working writer and photographer among other interests and expertise. The following areas I have mastered through the years. I wrote these up for friend after a long discussion over Saturday brunch. He didn't believe me, I don't think but when I gave him the list, he said, "You really are a Renaissance man."
Honestly, that thought never occurred to me until I wrote the list. I am rather astonished to tell you the truth but when I wrote and went back over it, I have hard-as-nails expertise in everything on the list. I will flesh it out into a full blow curriculum vitae in the coming few days and weeks.
So here is the list. More to come.Areas of expertise
Storyteller – lifetime
Activist for Addiction Recovery and Mental Health – lifetime
Public Speaker – 1972 to present
Personal and corporate communications
Corporate reorganization
Bylaws reviews, updates, rewrites
Education Aide – Texas Legislature 1990 – 1992
Chief of staff – Texas Legislature 1992 – 1997
Political Analyst – 1973 to present
Political Strategist – 1990 to present
Legislation Development – 1990 to present
Legislature Redistricting Expert – 2001 to present
Mediator – 1990 to present
Arbitrator – 1990 to present
Negotiator – 1990 to present
Certified Peer Counselor – 2017 to present
Legislative reporter – 1973 to present
Investigative Journalist – 1974 to present
Editorial Writer – 1974 to present
Essayist – 1969 to present
Editor – 1978 to present
Street Photographer – 1961 to present
Fashion, Food, Editorial Photographer – 1997 to present
Rancher – lifetime
Master Gardener – lifetime
Arborist – lifetime
Most importantly – Texas country boy – lifetime