Jim Boyd:  

Since I have been asked what to tell a little about myself, it is hard to tell all experiences from the past 50 some years, but here is the short version. I was raised on a farm and spent all my adolescent/teenage living in rural setting. It was not until I Honorable discharge for the Army, did I ever live in a city of any size (Phoenix, Arizona). The main reason is due to work, learning several trades and schooling. It was during this period that I started to learn a trade that I knew I had a true passion for. This trade is Parks & Recreation. I started as a Groundskeeper, Gardener, Trade Specialist, Foreman, Open Space Stewart/lake manger (City of Prescott), Parks Superintendent and a Parks Director of a County that is larger than some states (Yavapai County, Arizona) and a Director of a community in New Mexico. What other “life experiences” have I brought with me; while living in Phoenix/Goodyear, I made the decision to lower “my footprint on mother earth”. (In future conversations, there will be more conversations regarding “your footprint on earth”) For the past fifteen years I have lived on 60 acres in very remote Arizona. There was no electric, water or telephone to the property. Yet I lived as comfor...Expand for more