Other aspects of my life not part of  my formal education, including but not restricted to, and not necessarily in order of occurrence or significance,

• A childhood in rural Southern California.  My family lived mostly in rural settings, first in the then-sparsely populated northern San Fernando Valley and then in Pico Canyon in the hills west of Newhall, now part of Valencia.
• Care and feeding of domestic and farm animals 
• Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, 4H Club
• U.S. Government sponsored physical fitness and diversity training, i.e., a three-year hitch in the U.S. Army.  I also learned to copy Morse Code in various degrees of preoccupation, consciousness, comfort and signal quality.
• Enjoyment of many kinds of music
• Learning to use tools for woodwork, auto repair, electronics repair, fence-building, gardening, etc.
• Occasional travel
• Recreational reading and study in many directions
• Joys and challenges of grandparenthood, parenthood, and spousehood 
• Cooperative activity with colleagues in my career of first choice, i.e., teaching
• Learning from my students
• Long walks
• The beach
• Live theater
• Good talk
• Gardening
• Lots more