Thursday, May 3, 2012. How to Break Through Small Talk and Turn Strangers into Friends. And yet we do it all the time. We do it partly out of discomfort, nervousness, fear of being impolite, busyness, and just social convention. We engage in small talk automatically.

Artist, Piano Teacher, Lecturer, Author. A pianist who possesses not only an overwhelming talent but extraordinary musical sensitivity as well. At every point in every selection on his program.

Psychiatric Treatment, Education and Awareness. I practice child, adolescent and adult psychiatry in a pleasant environment and at a relaxed pace. I believe in a doctor-patient team approach that allows us to work together to analyze the situation and create an individualized treatment plan that best suits each patient.

Sunday, April 22, 2012. There were lots of kids there, all behind a big gate. They let out the girls first to meet us. Me, Verline, Mardoche, and Jimmy. We were welcomed and given a seat in th.

My work is multi-faceted and includes civil engineer, photographer, wildland fire helitack crewman, and currently, Denali National Park mountaineering ranger. I live in Talkeetna, Alaska, with my wife Lisa Roderick. Outside of work I enjoy rock climbing, ice climbing, alpinism, and traveling. The mountains and the lifestyle of climbing and traveling have helped to produce a long list of rich relationships in my life, many of which began by walking into th.