T. Edward Westen, is a septuagenarian, and professor emeritus. He lives with his wife, Nancy, a quilter and purse maker of local renown, in an unincorporated area of Cowlitz County, Washington, Silverlake, where he blogs in deartedandjody and democrcratizemoney, both in WordPress, writes, takes and edits digital images, and raises a few plants in pots-potatoes mostly.