Joseph Samuel Russo

Laborious. I love to write but hate to sit. I have spondylolethesis, (sic) stenosis, herniated discs etc. So I carry little note pads and put pen to paper anywhere/how I can. I even do this in the middle of the night in order to turn off the tapes and shut my mind down. I am a story teller and best at public speaking but authors have to write. I never learned to type or play an instrument for that matter. The signals from my brain go the wrong way before they get to my fingers. I can tell because when I make a typing mistake, which is often, my toes curl up.
Actually I use my computer like everyone else but so much of that technology is a mystery, I'm still struggling with Mason jars. I write, edit, write edit ad nausea. I write any time the mood hits me. I don't sleep much. I want to get a dictation program I can use while walking.

My Friend Flicka. I fell in love with the notion of having a horse which would have been unusual for a boy from New Jersey. Yet I found an old stable built during the revolutionary war. I lied to the owner I was an experienced rider and I would muck rake stalls for free rides. My first ride alone I became a passenger on a wild ride but I didn't give up. I longed to escape to the west someday. I love the outdoors and wide open spaces. Eventually it all happened. I live in beautiful southern Utah.