During the 1970s, numerous pieces were accepted for publication. Then family, teaching, two college presidencies and for 12 years president of an Inland Northwest community foundation. After a four decade hiatus, he is now attempting to outpace a tortoise. Within the past two and half years, his works have appeared in Apricity Magazine (Texas), Adelaide Literary Magazine, twice (New York), Bones Journal (Denmark), Modern Haiku (Rhode Island), Ink In Thirds (Alabama), Atlas Poetica (Maryland), Burningword Literary Journal (Indiana), The Spokesman-Review (Washington), Frogpond Journal (New York), Stanford Social Innovation Review (California) and Alliance (United Kingdom).