A baby boomer that was born and raised in a small town in the Canadian Midwest. Following high school he completed an undergraduate degree and a post graduate degree in engineering at the University of Saskatchewan. He is married with three daughters, three grandchildren, and two great granddaughters. 

He and his wife have a dichotomy of passions for the arts.  She captures the beauty of everyday images around her and transforms them onto paper with water colors while he puts on paper his images of the defects in our society. While she has obvious talent he struggles as a novice writer who simply loves to write. 

During his working career Randy wrote numerous technical papers and a multitude of reports. Many of the reports were for politicians and were mandated to follow a strict format and be written suitable for a readership with a six grade education. Additionally any and all of those papers were to be entirely void of any editorializing. The Joy of Writing Club and its assignments frees him of those frustrating restrictions and gives him the joy of doing some editorializing. 

He and his wife are snowbirds who spend their winters in Fountain of the Sun. In addition to playing softball and golf he enjoys the works of the Club’s fellow authors, the discussions with them about their life experiences, and the observation of their varying writing styles and expertise.