The Ocean Roars

My Lifelong Passion Has Been For Great Literature Great Music Great Art Including. Sculpture And Architecture And Great Philosophy.. I Had Some Talented English Teachers In High School And At The Junior College In St.. Joseph Mo.; Also At Kansas University In Lawrence Ks. With Extra Credits From. The University Of Missouri-Columbia And University Of Missouri-Kansas City.. This Led To My Embarking On A Teaching Vocation Myself. I Taught On Several Levels. And I Should Have Been Able To Use The Experience To My Benefit. Instead I Had. A Breakdown That Took Me A While To Recover From. While I Was Floundering My. Way Out Of This Dilemma I Was Hired By The City Of Kansas City Mo. For A Clerical. Position And Was Assigned To Their Municipal Farm (A Still Flourishing Prison Farm). Which Eventually Evolved Into The Municipal Correctional Institution. I Intended And. Expected That This Would Be A Temporary Expedient For Me. I Ended Up Staying For. Thirty Years Mostly As A Records Officer At The Prison.. I'Ve Never Written About Those Years But That May Yet Occur Provided Time Allows.. During Those Thirty Years I Was Able To Partake Of The City'S Rich Cultural Life And I. Read Read Read And Also Continued To Write All Through That Period.. Here Are Some Stories From An Earlier Period Of My Life Before Most Of These. Latter Things Happened. Eventually I Broadened My Horizon To Include An Interest. In German Literature And Currently I'M Working At Developing And Honing My. Translation Skills Hoping To Make A Contribution To The Literary Challenge Of Being. A Translator.