User:LouWolf

The article about second & third acts in life hits a grand slam in how I was raised and how I have lived. I consider the first act from birth until I was married at 18 years of age. During that time I went to nine schools with a mother that was married five times. Act two was teen married life, a father of two and working in the apartment building industry where I could write a book about all the events this profession entailed (shootings, death natural & otherwise, massive evictions, etc.) Along the way I worked with my 5 year old son playing guitar where he eventually opened for Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Steppenwolf & many more as well as being the youngest performer to play in a maximum security prison facility. The third act began with an arrest leading to divorce and moving to Hawaii for the next 16 years. Out of a bad thing came a new fantastic beginning. Over my 16 years between the Island of Hawaii & Maui I formed the Hawaiian Blues Society and the Maui Blues Association promoting & playing in a band opening concert events. Life was wonderful with two wives along the way. But, after Hawaiian life I felt the urge to travel and move on to new adventures. This was my fourth act driving across this big beautiful country of ours seeing many terrific national parks etc. My travels brought me to Mexico, Canada and Europe as well. My extended vacation lasted about two years until I visited Naples, Florida where I saw an ad in the local newspaper looking for a musician for a theatre production of "Pump Boys & Dinettes." I auditioned an got the part ! It was 3 months of rehearsals and a three week run at the end ~ a real blast too !!! Now during this fun filled event I had a lot of free time on my hands so, I searched the newspaper again finding a beach front condominium on Marco Island, FL. needing a property manager. As luck would have it I was hired where I live, work & reside today in the fifth (and hopefully not final) act of my life. I did a few additional productions for the Marco Players Community Theatre, lived through Hurricane Wilma and joined a 55 years and older men’s softball team. Life is Grand ! Life Is What You Make It ~ Enjoy every moment.