I was born in Maryland and spent my first thirty years living there, first in the Appalachian Mountains, then on the Eastern Shore, and later in suburban Washington. After a year in South Carolina, I moved to Georgia in 1977. I soon met another park ranger who worked in Florida. She was a wonderful woman who became my best friend. then my wife, and soon the mother of our three children. I spent over eleven years working in the historic city of Savannah, Georgia, and on the moss-draped sea islands nearby before moving to Atlanta.. In 2007, I retired from the National Park Service and a career dedicated to preserving and interpreting resources and themes in the cultural and natural history of the United States. It was a most rewarding experience. Today, I enjoy living in the rolling hills and woods of the Appalachian Piedmont east of Atlanta.
Yesterday was Itzhak Perlman's sixty-sixth birthday. OTR wanted to write a personal recollection of what this master has meant to our generation, but he was pulled away from writing over the past week. Instead of an essay, his readers can enjoy this tribute featuring Perlman performing the theme from Cinema Paradiso (1989), one of OTR favorite films.
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