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My construction career in Montreal ended in 1972 when I joined Concordia Project Management in Kansas City, Missouri where Elspeth and I found an active theatrical community offering recreational opportunities we never would have attempted in Montreal. She became a seamstress in a professional theater company; undertook sewing decorative fabrics commercially for a variety of clients including the Hyatt Hotel; and volunteer costumer for a summer theater group. I participated as both actor and director with several community theater companies, my most notable venture portraying Clarence Darrow, a one-man two-hour tour-de-force alone on the stage. In 1988, we retired to NW Arkansas where I embarked on a storytelling and creative writing career, serving 10 years as president of the Teller of Tales, the storytelling guild of the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. In recognition of my contribution, I received the prestigious Arkansas Museums Association's "Friend of the Museums" Award and Governor Mike Huckabee's "Volunteer Excellence Award" in 1999. By 2002, I had published 4 full-length novels before I was struck down by colon cancer, fortunately now in remission. I continued my writing, interrupted by a heart attack in 2011, but with stents and pacemaker, I took up my pen again. In total, I have published 8 books; 6 fiction, 2 non-fiction. The details are available at www.booksbybyers.us. In our 8th year of independent living in a retirement community, we are blessed with good doctors. We would love to hear from any and all at spbyers0@booksbybyers.us. Best wishes to everyone.