A technical communicator with a Honda VTX 1800S. Living by the banks of Possession Sound on the Salish Sea.

In our culture–I exaggerate only slightly–those who know cannot write, and those who can write do not know.

 

—Norman Podhoretz, "In Defense of Editing," October 1965 issue of Harper's Magazine

All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

 

—J.R.R. Tolkein, The Lord of the Rings (first line inspired by Shakespeare, although rearranged)