Richard Sutton

From San Rafael, California on a windy January in 1952, I'vetaken quite a few steps. Some confidently, and some very tentative, butthey've got me this far.  My fathertoldme how to walk in the woods when I was about 6, howto pilot a boat when I was 8, bought me a Kay guitar when I was 9 thentold me not to ever join the armywhen I was about 13. College in 1969.  Everything else, until Imet my wife onCanalStreet in 1973, is complicated filler along withsome great lessons.  Since then, I 've been lucky enough to havehad a chance toconcentrate onwhat I really love about being alive in this amazing Creation. That,and to read what I like, when I like and listen to and make the kind ofmusicthat gives me peace.

Our family business, since 1985 has been trading and retail intheAmerican Indian arts, primarily Southwestern cultures.  Indigenouscultures world wide, have an amazing resilience and ability to enduredespite the most repressive conditions imposed by more "advanced"occupiers.  This has been the norm since we emerged to find theicemelting!  I try to reveal characters in whom this interplay andstruggle is evident, in my writing.