Beginning at a young age I had dark thoughts about death and what would come after it. I even made plans to find out.  I thought I would wait until I was eighteen, so in high school I tried to hide my darkness and depression.

Apples, cherries, plums, peaches, pears and grapes. Orchard country; beautiful Niagara on the Lake, Ontario. This is where my twin brother and I were born in 1948. Our family also included two older brothers.