This is Robert.  I met Robert when I stopped to browse a Western boot and hat store in Sedona, Arizona.  Robert told me that he had originally been an accountant “not because I liked it, but because numbers were easy for me.”

Looking around the shop, I noticed a book on the counter with a small sign saying that the book was signed by the author.  Then I noticed Robert’s picture on the sign.  “You wrote this book?” I asked.  Robert’s face lit up as he began to tell me about the book.  He excitedly told me that he had received phone calls from people who were so taken with his story and it’s characters, that they asked him to write a sequel.

I asked Robert if he was a cowboy.  He smiled and answered, “Just a dime store desperado from Doodlebug Ranch.”  I liked Robert.  He was friendly, self-effacing, and kind.  He found his calling, not in numbers, but in words.

Robert is a renaissance man.  A renaissance man from Doodlebug Ranch.  BTW – check out his book at http://grasshopperflatssedona.com/index.htm