RENAISSANCE MAN
The Self-Indulgent Website of Writer, Woodworker, Gourmet Chef, Former Racing Driver, Actor, Psychologist, Amateur Astronomer, College Professor, World Traveler, and All-Around Bad Role Model
RICK HELMS
Until a few weeks ago, I had a website that covered every aspect of my life. It was huge, difficult to navigate, and wasn't selling a lot of books, so I decided to break it into two sites--one for writing and the other for the rest of my life.
This is the self-indulgent site, the one where I will put all the stuff that has little or nothing to do with writing and publishing. I'll use this site to show off my woodworking projects, my kitchen adventures, recipes, my former life as a racing driver, my other former life as a psychologist, and my current life as a college professor. I'll show pictures of my brief acting career forty years ago, and of my new attempt at acting I decided to embark on as I approach retirement. In other words, this is sort of a hodge-podge of all stuff ME.
Now, half a century later, a lot of the people I hang out with jokingly call me a Renaissance Man, which means that I might just have achieved my third grade goal. Whatever the case, I tend to refer to myself much the way Zaphod Beeblebrox's therapist referred to him: "I'm just this guy, you know?"
Enjoy rummaging around in my life as I present it here. Read all you want---I'll live more.