Timothy Ray:  

Life After high school I floated for a while and finally at age 24 entered into the Ironworkers apprenticeship. I enjoyed working on power plants such as Joseph City, St. John and Palo Verde. I eventually migrated to California where I worked on high rise buildings. I love the heights and the danger of the job. I worked on retrofits on the Golden Gate and San Mateo bridges until I became disabled in 1984. I then began working with different causes such as Green Peace's ship the Rainbow Warrior. I founded 2 charities, Whale Steel(Green Peace) and Seal Steel which did projects for California Marine Mammal Rescue Center. I moved to Mexico for 7 years and worked there as a volunteer in the Nayarit Tourism Office and in the prisons looking in on Americans. I moved to Minnesota where I did adult and children programs for the library. I was president of the Alliance for the Mentally Ill in central Minnesota and worked in mental institutions, halfway houses, jails and support groups. I worked also in Al-Anon and Al-Ateen. I also worked in the performing arts and was involved in all aspects of theater. I published a book of free verse in 1996 and failed to promote it because I had lost interest in it. Having worked on it so long I was very tired of me and the book itself was a bit too academic. I am featured on other websites but there are two I am especially proud of due to the fact they represent a new direction for me. exploring the boundaries of physics. How...Expand for more