'Watching The Asparagus Grow' is Jeff Wilkins debut novel and he divides his time between St Petersburg, Florida and Cleveland, Ohio, along with his partner Obie and their yellow lab Harley. He is a retired United Airlines Flight Attendant and was part owner of Over the Rainbow, a popular gay bar in Cleveland during the 1980s. His resume also includes the titles of Licensed Massage Therapist and Innkeeper at his bed and breakfasts in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, and Long Beach, California. As a young man in the 1970s, he served as News Director of the former WRWR FM radio station in Port Clinton, Ohio, and WLEC AM in Sandusky, Ohio. The author enjoys reading light-hearted, feel-good books and an occasional horror story in his free time. He is a daily meditation devotee and avid weightlifter and gardener.