Hi!

My name is Thomas - I'm an artistic, easy going guy who works with his hands creating things out of metal, fiber and/or wood. I also like to write quite a bit. I appreciate words, know their power, and am told I use them well.

In the past few years, I adopted two boys, the first is now 11 yrs old, the second now 15 yrs old. Their smiles and laughter break my heart with an abundance of joy.

In addition to my children, also milling about are a husband of 11 years, 4 painfully mixed up mutts, a gargantuan, orange indoor cat and 3 outdoor kitties.

I work for myself in a studio on my back property but because both my boys are on the Autism Spectrum and require intensive care, my primary, daily role is as the "stay-at-home-dad".

I'm hoping to connect with a broad spectrum of pen pals and as such all are welcome! I truly don't judge but, just so ya' know, I am gay so, it would be a kindness I'd appreciate if you chose not to judge as well.

If you are interested in getting to know a little something of each other, simply send me an intro message. But caveat emptor - messages that read only, "Hi" or "Hey" don't garner much traction. Tell me something about you. That's a great place to start!

Take care!
Thomas

I am interested in corresponding with folks who are curious, open minded and kind spirited. Essayists not required but humorous and clever are A++ or simple  a willingness to write at all is admirable to me :)

"Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain." - Joseph Campbell

History, food/cooking, fine art, decorative arts, museums, performing arts, crafts & crafting, travel, snail mail pen pals, making my own stationery, hunting for treasures at junk shops, around the house DIY, stamp making, visual arts, silversmithing, metalsmithing, art jewelry, and lapidary arts.

No matter how far I may stray, I'm always firmly lead back to Erik Satie, Nirvana and X + more

Safe to say I like fantasy, tragic romance, classic horror genres, and dark comedies with lots of uncomfortable angst and well placed profanity.

Hmmm...rrgggg...just not a TV kinda guy

Oh man - sooo many but I'm pretty content reading classics:
In Search of Lost Time - Marcel Proust
Ulysses - James Joyce. ...
Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Moby Dick - Herman Melville
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

As well as:  any scholarly text on world religions, the origin and histories of ancient religions, the transformative experience of mysticism plus some philosophy