I was born and raised in Somerville, Massachusetts. I lived for over 40 years in the same house my father's parents bought over 80 years ago. As a teenager, I lived with my mother's father on his farm up in Maine. I completed my high school education there, and after a bit of traveling (from Newport, Maine to Corpus Christi, Texas on Greyhound buses, but that's another story) I ended up back in Somerville, where I lived from 1979 to 2005. I now live in the Nashoba Valley area.

I have been married since 1983 to my lovely (and somewhat insane, she'd have to be to live with me) wife Lill. We have a son, Kyle, born in 1987. We also share our house with 2 cats and 1 dog.