I`m a former elementary science teacher with an interest in bettering my mathematics skills; presently trying to teach myself calculus... i.e., I`m a beginning calculus student. Other interests: environmental science, geology, backpacking and hiking- especially off-trail, cross-country bicycling, Afro-Cuban drumming, wood-carving and drum making, good literature, politics (worried about the state of our Democracy, environmental degradation, and the inequality of wealth here in the U.S. and around the world), family and friends... i.e. I`m a friendly, curious, concerned human being. ©