The poetry collection of "148 of the Best-Loved Poems from the Year 2099" is based on the author's experiences, emotions, observations, hopes, dreams, disappointments, triumphs, pain, joy and faith — faith in the innate goodness of most people, the never-ending and often subtle balancing of the scales of justice, in the eventual triumph of good and in a higher power.
The author is well-traveled, both in terms of locations and unique experiences. From spending four years of active duty in the U.S. Marines to extended religious service in Italy (and undergoing a hospital stay and knee operation in an Italian hospital), to more than three decades as a community newspaper sportswriter in three different states 1,900 miles apart and countless other moments rubbing shoulders with the great, the common and the downtrodden, he has developed keen insight into life, love, happiness and the virtue of a calm heart.