In 1999 he received a grant to write an extended jazz suite, The Rambler, which was performed at Humboldt State University. He's published a few articles in jazz magazines. He hosts "Gone Sides", a jazz show on KHSU-FM (Tuesday evenings at 8:00 Pacific), which can be heard live at www.khsu.org. He lives in an old farmhouse in the Arcata Bottom with wife Diane (two kids flown), and cooks, builds, does stained glass and wood carving, studies Greek and 18th century letters, and repairs his three Volvos.