 He was born in Mineola, New York, and lives in Lyme, New Hampshire.His essays, short stories, and articles have appeared in a wide variety of publications, including "The Atlantic", "The Washington Post", "The Chicago Tribune", "Virginia Quarterly Review", "Georgia Review", "Appalachia", "The Boston Globe", "Reader's Digest", "Fly-Fisherman", and many more.For eighteen years his essays on travel appeared frequently in "The New York Times."