 In 1960, he married Geraldine Fromm, a writer and literature teacher, with whom he raised six children.In their years together, he and his wife have traveled extensively throughout the world and have often collaborated on books and other projects.While serving in the U.S. Navy in the early 1960s, he used his shore leaves to visit the studios of world famous potters, notably Shoji Hamada in Japan, and Bauhaus-trained Master Potter Marguerite Wildenhain at Pond Farm near Guerneville, California.