about me
I am Canadian, my wife's from Japan. And as a father, I do what I can.
Once was lost, but not any more. Learning to juggle, not yet up to four.
basics
I am a husband, father and novelist. Well, I'm married, and a dad, and I'm slowly dicking around with my first novel—a mumble-year project. Um, two out of three ain't bad.
I support the family working in the IT field. Currently I'm working for a start-up in Toronto.
hobbies
I've been engaged in one form or another of creative writing since I was in high school in the late '80s. Still not a lot that ever got finished, but there's this.
I'm also an avid amateur photographer. I've been making photos since I was ten years old. I really got into it though when I was living Sydney Australia in '00/'01, and have been shooting steadily ever since. Since '06, I've even started amassing a collection of cameras, which has only worsened the habit.
Combining a lot of parenting with ample photography and a little bit of writing, I came up with a photo-book about the first year of my son's life. It's available through the Blurb bookstore. Happily, my grandmother seems well pleased with the thing.
I also cycle, but mostly to commute to work. Here in Japan, there are distinct terms for "cycling for fun" and "cycling for errands or to commute". I do both, but with the baby's arrival the 'for fun' part has taken the back seat. As it were.
I also dabble in occasional wood carving. I usually carve things as gifts for those around me.
I also keep an aquarium, shall we say. I won't go as far as to say I keep fish, because that would imply that I can keep fish alive. Which would be a lie.
family
I'm Canadian by birth, and I've lived in a number of places in that great big empty country. Currently, I live in Japan with my wife and son.
My name is German, as is my father's family. I'm first-generation Canadian on that side, but the eleventh generation to have lived in North America on my mum's side. Placing at least one line the continent before there were modern countries.
Thanks to my Oma, who had to prove to the Nazi government that my Opa was not Jewish, I have a substantial block of genealogical data for my Opa's family. Sadly, I don't have such information for my Oma's family. Because I lost it, to my shame: the only thing I've ever really regretted losing. Happily, I have quite a bit of information about my mother's family because her father compiled quite a lot of dates and names over the years. Some day I'll work out how to put this all online in a cogent fashion.
journal
Long before the advent of blogs, I began keeping a journal. Without theme (or even spell checking), it documents my long stumble through this world.I am Canadian
I am Canadian. Here's what I think about that.
family & friends
The people I love and the friends in my life.
favourite toys & games
These days my favourite toys are all cameras. But it wasn't always so.
autobiography
An abbreviated tale of my life to date. (re)Written for the sake of my son, Ken.
collections
These are some collections I've put together over time. None of these are things I've created, they're more like the interesting pebbles you find on a hike.
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