Welcome to my revised retirement web site. Links to the main sections are shown above and explained below:

Personal Information - This section has information about me.

Consulting - This section of my site shows how I operated my consulting practice. For many many years until December 31, 2014 I operated a consulting business. This section tells my work with clients and how I managed the practice. Helpful white papers and other materials are also offered. When based in South Bend, Indiana, I served businesses and non-profits by offering management, marketing and communications, and fund raising advice and services. Upon relocating to Bloomington, Indiana, I turned to philanthropy working for the IU Foundation and the IU Press, then heading two foundations based in Morgan County working as a full-time non-profit administrator and fund raiser from 2007 until my retirement from full-time work in 2014. We relocated to Chevy Chase, Maryland in 2024.

Photography - I have been a photographer since childhood, first using film and more recently film plus digital equipment. In retirement I have become more active including acquiring and using vintage film cameras, developing and scanning my film, and also using digital cameras and cell phones. Before relocating to Chevy Chase, Maryland I was very active in the Bloomington (Indiana) Photography Club and occasionally exhibited when a jury found my images interesting and worthy. This section of my site is under development and evolving.

Fountain Pens - We all need a good hobby and for my wife and me this involved collecting fountain pens. For about 25 years, starting in the days of packet mail on the internet, I moderated a free international mailing list called the "Zoss Pens List." This was for pen collectors and helped hundreds of collectors of writing instruments and related materials to discuss pens, sell and trade, and enjoy their hobby or business using the power of the internet. When we closed it down others kept a cloned version going until August 2021.

This site has grown to reflect and support many other interests. Drill down through the site - I hope you find some surprises. Have fun!