Larry Ramsay, is retired and lives on a cabin cruiser on the Willamette River. He has one son who is a writer and one who is a composer. Divorced, he has worked most of his life in the restaurant business as a bartender and waiter, as well as other service occupations. Larry learned to write from a class at Chemeketa Community College, in Hayesville, Oregon, and honed his craft over ten years while incarcerated. He has a blog, larrywaywardlandlubber.blogspot.com, where he writes satirically about social and political issues.