I am currently a ranch hand who lives and works on a remote cattle ranch in the canyon land wilderness of Northern New Mexico--- a job I have had for about 17 years. I was a seaman rated Able Body for about four years (any vessel, any ocean), and lived on my cutter-rigged 30 foot sloop Myste at Dana Harbor, California. Before my work on the sea I was an Information Technology professional for twelve years. I am autistic and also a Zen Buddhist.