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... about me
Welcome to my very own
personal web space on the World Wide Web! I'm so delighted that you
have invested some of your precious time to drop in. You should be
able to discover some intriguing facts about my unusual life and my
rather broad range of interests. I've also included links to each of
my own uniquely created Web sites, where you will aptly discover all
about my modest existence on this planet earth and some of the
various experiences and events that have fueled my passions. At the
end of this first page are some additional links to other pages of
this homepage where you will have some additional pictures of me and
my surroundings. And PLEASE feel free to share this personal web
site with others.
THIS DEVELOPING AND EVER-CHANGING MAN: It is said that any picture
is supposed to be worth some 1000 words, but fortunately this recent
and certainly static photo doesn't have that innate ability to
actually speak. And, if this photo of me ever did start speaking, I
would imagine that you couldn't possibly limit me to just a simple
thousand words; there's just too much to be said about me and the
most fortunate life that I have experienced! I'm a true homebody,
sign of the crab, Cancer, by the date of my timely birth, bordering
on the sign of that gregarious lion, Leo--July 21, 1942. I then grew
to a modest height of 5'9" and presently weighing in at some 148
pounds of sometimes passionate flesh. Deep-blue eyes that should
have aptly turned brown by now except for my loving and generous
nature. I recently solved the enigma of my thin blonde hair (ever
since high school) that was also very slowly receding by simply
shaving it all completely off. I'm so very thankful for having most
of my affectionate friends agree that the new barren look is a
resounding improvement. I have parked this fine vintage package
(sometimes just an old wreck!) some seventeen years ago in a
beautiful home that I inspirationally designed and built with my own
masculine and often calloused hands (I've been one of those
blue-collar licensed building contractors since I was nineteen years
old!). This humble estate can be found just outside Albuquerque, New
Mexico in the eastern foothills of the Sandia Mountains at a 7000
ft. elevation. I even have a small and ever expanding grove of
beautiful aspens that I planted in the back yard where there is a
fully-automated greenhouse full of awarded orchids, mostly
cool-growing Odontoglossums. There is also another greenhouse that
has recently been converted into a laboratory for the sowing of
microscopic orchid seeds. Visit
SanDamianoOrchids.html
and you
will be able to view all of the orchids that are used in the
hybridization of new varieties.
THE RENAISSANCE MAN, BUT ONLY BY DEFAULT! Adventures in life and
being born under that deep-water sign of Cancer are attributable for
what I have so naturally enjoyed much of my life --- anything to do
with that most essential of all natural elements, WATER. At the very
earliest age I started collecting seashells from the Atlantic shores
of Broward County (Pompano Beach, Ft. Lauderdale and Lauderdale by
the Sea, Florida) as well as saltwater fishing which was lovingly
introduced to me by my maternal grandmother, Jessie Eugenia
Slaughter. Besides enjoying swimming in the warm surfs of the
southern east coast Florida, I later took up both water-skiing and
scuba-diving (PADI certified). In New Mexico when that abundant
water that fell from the winter skies became cold enough to turn to
snow, I redirected that passion for involvement with H2O to downhill
skiing both at home and in the lower Rocky Mountains of Colorado. I
would love to continue any of these outdoor endeavors with the
company of a loving partner as well as discovering new frontiers
that we could both explore and enjoy together.... One could easily
conclude that expanding my intellect was just another of my life's
adventures having earned four college degrees including that final
and most arduous accomplishment of a Ph.D. from the University of
Oklahoma. In any case, I still prefer to be addressed as simply
"Lamah" and only unwillingly employ that sometimes pretentious title
of "Dr." as some sort of acquired 'status' whenever those sometimes
annoying social circumstances present themselves. Besides the
life-long cultivation of the mind, I have always loved the challenge
of working with my hands and getting them quite dirty with an equal
amount of passion. In addition to having designed and built my own
unique residence, I also designed and built two modest-sized
state-of-the-art greenhouses, where I enjoy one of my latest
(actually a return to a childhood discovery!) and greatest of all
passions, that of bringing pleasure to all of my friends and
neighbors by sharing the infinite variety and beauty of nature's
most spectacular of all flowers, the orchids. I recently converted
one of those greenhouses into a laboratory for the cultivation of
microscopic orchid seeds.
MY OWN PERSONAL ENCOUNTERS WITH SPIRITUAL SLAVERY: In this otherwise
marvelous Garden of Eden, where we are all most apt to be
unwillingly enslaved to something or someone, I have had the very
good fortune to experience a number of life's more challenging
endeavors without ever being unduly or permanently entrapped in any
given occupation, religion or taken with any particular set of
ideologies. Above all, I have certainly been that consummate
academic student in the relentless and often trying search for the
TRUTH as well as a credit/character investigator, retail salesman,
waiter, ordained minister, real estate broker, general contractor
for both residential and commercial projects, psychotherapist,
volunteer, writer, survivor, victim, crusader and in general, a
philosopher of life. I don't believe that there is much more for me
to personally experience except the self-imposed desire and/or
obligation of the sharing the essence of all of this living for the
possible benefit of my good neighbors in the hope that their own
tedious search for the truth is somehow positively augmented,
hopefully from our mutual sharing and exchanging, no matter how
brief our encounters with one another. I have always felt that I am,
in deed, my brother's keeper and should always attempt to share the
TRUTH; I'm just not responsible for their ultimate salvation! I
would hope to eventually accomplish this rather lofty goal through
the use of the written word. I have never wanted to write a book
until these latter days of my life because I had always believed
that whatever needed to have been said was probably already recorded
somewhere, BUT I have come to understand that each generation has
its own voice and I would hope to become one of those voices. The
next project that I have in mind is a book entitled "An Interview
with Jesus in the Hot Tub" and this will be aptly followed by
another proposed book entitled, "The Age of Reality." The truth of
the matter is that we need to move on from the old mythologies that
have mostly been employed to spiritually enslave all of us. The
ultimate plan for our salvation was prophetically given to us in
those powerful words, "Ye shall know the truth, and that truth shall
set you free...." It is now time for that reality to finally
manifest itself without any continuing oppression from those who
have so successfully managed to keep mankind living in utter
ignorance and darkness. I consider myself but one of many voices
that will attempt to usher in this AGE OF REALITY. In the meantime I
want to pay more attention to my own personal needs and at the very
top of the list is that passionate desire to share this bit of the
Garden of Eden and all that I have become with a loving partner that
can appreciate the rewards of hard labor and the presence of a
loving heart.
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