I was born and raised in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC and I'm there still. As a youth my love affair with the outside began at the age of 10 when I was given a small telescope for christmas and I glimpsed the craters on the moon for the first time. That started a love affair with astronomy that has lasted to this day. As time crept on, a family and providing for them took over and my time outside was mostly limited to working outside. Later as my children grew up and moved out to start their own lives, I found myself with time once again. I started...more
