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	About Me My varied interests have lead me down many roads, but my focus seems to have settled into all things related to the way we honor the past, its people and its art. Batterer Intervention Training My PhD in Discourse Studies and Rhetoric has finally found its home in my work as a Batterer Intervention Group Facilitator. I continue to study the ground-breaking work of Ellen Pence and Michael Paynor of the Duluth Model, as well as other models for helping men get beyond their abusive pasts. My particular emphasis is in emotionally and verbally abusive rhetoric and communication styles. Within a short time, I hope to be able to offer training and consulting in Duluth-based batterer intervention for facilitators as well as literacy-based curricula for batterers. Stone Angels Project One way that my interest in honoring the past has manifested itself is by helping people restore cemeteries, hand-carved gravestones and cemetery art. A cemetery is a combination of a park, an art museum and an historical archive. When I see a cemetery that's been vandalized or forgotten, it makes me very sad. Unfortunately, there are few of the grants and other sources available for the restoration of cemeteries that one might find for restoring an old building, for example. But I've made it one of my life's goals to find funds for the restoration of these beautiful and important places that honor our ancestors. The Stone Angels Project is the culmination of these hopes. Through this nonproft, communities will be able to raise tax-deductible donations -- difficult before due to IRS restrictions on cemeteries. The oversight of the Stone Angels Project will allow people to donate to their local chapter members to help restore stones in their area, and to be able to deduct the donations as well. We also provide training in restoration and fundraising strategies for our members. For more information, click here. Stone Art and Restoration I'm a Jahn certified stone restoration artist, so I am always personally involved with the restoration of cemeteries for whom I find funding. Though I may hire muscle to help me reset stones, I generally prefer to repair damaged or vandalized stones myself. If you'd like more information about stone restoration, grave tending, cemetery assessment or any other type of stone repair or preservation, click here. Technical Editing and Grant Writing My PhD has primarily manifested iteself in my work in technical editing and grant writing assistance. My customers are primarily university professors, homicide detectives, entomology researchers and nonprofits. If you are in need of technical editing and grant writing assistance, please get in touch with me here. It's never too late to respect your elders!

About Me

My varied interests have lead me down many roads, but my focus seems to have settled into all things related to the way we honor the past, its people and its art.

Batterer Intervention Training

My PhD in Discourse Studies and Rhetoric has finally found its home in my work as a Batterer Intervention Group Facilitator. I continue to study the ground-breaking work of Ellen Pence and Michael Paynor of the Duluth Model, as well as other models for helping men get beyond their abusive pasts. My particular emphasis is in emotionally and verbally abusive rhetoric and communication styles. Within a short time, I hope to be able to offer training and consulting in Duluth-based batterer intervention for facilitators as well as literacy-based curricula for batterers.

Stone Angels Project

One way that my interest in honoring the past has manifested itself is by helping people restore cemeteries, hand-carved gravestones and cemetery art. A cemetery is a combination of a park, an art museum and an historical archive. When I see a cemetery that's been vandalized or forgotten, it makes me very sad. Unfortunately, there are few of the grants and other sources available for the restoration of cemeteries that one might find for restoring an old building, for example. But I've made it one of my life's goals to find funds for the restoration of these beautiful and important places that honor our ancestors. The Stone Angels Project is the culmination of these hopes. Through this nonproft, communities will be able to raise tax-deductible donations -- difficult before due to IRS restrictions on cemeteries. The oversight of the Stone Angels Project will allow people to donate to their local chapter members to help restore stones in their area, and to be able to deduct the donations as well. We also provide training in restoration and fundraising strategies for our members. For more information, click here.

Stone Art and Restoration

I'm a Jahn certified stone restoration artist, so I am always personally involved with the restoration of cemeteries for whom I find funding. Though I may hire muscle to help me reset stones, I generally prefer to repair damaged or vandalized stones myself. If you'd like more information about stone restoration, grave tending, cemetery assessment or any other type of stone repair or preservation, click here.

Technical Editing and Grant Writing

My PhD has primarily manifested iteself in my work in technical editing and grant writing assistance. My customers are primarily university professors, homicide detectives, entomology researchers and nonprofits. If you are in need of technical editing and grant writing assistance, please get in touch with me here.

It's never too late to respect your elders!