Besides Take a Thought...Wholesome and Good, I have publish five other books: Poums, Salms & Felosophy; Poems, prn; As a Pierian Spring; The River Rhyme; and In the End We are All Stories. Writing poetry has been an ancillary to my career as a criminal and civil investigator with the sheriff's department, the district attorney's office and a second career career as a private Certified Legal Investigator covering a span of 50 years. I've been a contributing covering a span of 50 years. I've been a contributing author of many professional publications and was honored several times by the National Association of Legal Investigators (NALI)'s annual Editor-Publisher Award. With NALI and Intellenet's Annual Conference, I've also been a featured speaker, as well as with California and Oregon's professional associations of private investigators.