BORN: Boston, MA, Oct. 28, 1948

RAISED: Boston area/Chicago area

DAY JOB: Editorial writer/columnist, The Eagle-Tribune, N. Andover, MA

FAVORITE AUTHORS: James Clavell, Cormac McCarthy, James Michener, Mark Twain, Jon Krakauer, Sebastian Junger.

FAVORITE MUSICIANS: Jake Armerding, Patti Casey, Colby Crehan, Jim DiSabito, Andy Greene, Steve Light, Kirk Lord, Paul Miller, Gene White Jr., Sam Bush, Tim O’Brien, Stuart Duncan, Bela Fleck, Peter Rowan, Jonathan Edwards, Bob Dylan, Cheryl Wheeler, Greg Brown, Merle Haggard, Vassar Clements, David Grisman.

BANDS: Northern Lights, the Jake Armerding Band, Bluegrass Gospel Project, Barnstar, Jonathan Edwards Trio

LATEST PURCHASE COSTING MORE THAN $50: New biking shoes

ATTAINABLE GOAL: Bike (again) all the way around Lake Champlain

HOBBIES: Reading, biking, hiking, Scuba diving, travel

LITTLE KNOWN FACT: Cooked at a camp in northern Wisconsin every summer during high school (because that allowed me to waterski every day)