Some Of My Other Lives (Paperback)

The title of this collection of short stories might be somewhat misleading if taken too literally. For example, it could be interpreted by a psychiatrist to mean that I have multiple personalities. To one in law enforcement or espionage, I might be an international criminal of horrifying proportions with a dozen or more passport identities. Certainly you would have to wonder what I am really up to! Don't worry. All I am doing here is just imagining myself to be someone else, having experiences in some other places and times that I didn't get to have in my own real life. Sort of, what might have been? You get the idea. So, take a Saturday morning trip with me and my elderly father to a garage sale. Or, let's spend time with a favorite aunt who comes to visit. Maybe even go on a road trip through some of nature's wonders in the western states of America. Even hang out with some really wealthy folks one might meet at the symphony. Hope you enjoy your time with me and some of my other lives!

John DeRuntz resides in Tigard, Oregon where he lives with his wonderful wife, Maggie. They also share their home with two cats, pretty little Pepper, and Rudy, a mischievous white flame point Siamese. In addition to writing, John also enjoys composing, and performing, classical, romantic and impressionistic piano music. His passion for the keyboard even brought him the distinction of being invited to perform in the May, 2011 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs. John has recorded fifty of his piano works on four CD albums, Soaring, Fantasia, Reverie and Encore. He seems to have been blessed at birth with creative not only in music, but mathematical physics as well. As he likes to tell people, both of these endeavors are studies in space and time, and somehow, they complement one another. John began his multi-faceted career teaching Physics as an Assistant Professor at the University of California in Berkeley beginning in 1964. He later became a Senior Staff Scientist at the Lockheed Research Laboratory in Palo Alto, California. He is a retired, award winning mathematician, scientist and professor who received the Baron medal in 2007 for his innovative work in the field of computational dynamics for interacting media.