C. Duane Hague was born August 30, 1939 in Colfax, Washington. The Hague family moved to Dallas, Oregon in 1945, where Duane lived all through his grade school years in a rural environment. During his seventh grade school year, his parents divorced, resulting in a move to Portland, Oregon, where he’s resided ever since.

After high school, Duane did a four year hitch in the navy (1956-1960). Shortly after his discharge, he married and fathered two girls. During this time, he attended college, where he earned a degree in engineering. After seventeen years, Duane divorced and remarried, where he continued populating the earth with a son and daughter.

Since his retirement, he’s received a degree from The Institute of Children’s Literature and is pursuing a writing career. Even though he’s enjoyed a small measure of success with a growing number of publishing credits, he’s the first to admit that he’s chosen a difficult road to fame and riches.

Bonita Meyers has been in the newspaper business for over 20 years. She was editor but now works a steady schedule as a reporter for the Town Crier, a Flannery Publication in Winlock Washington.

Larry Owen was born in the Pacific Northwest. After his stint serving on a special forces team in the U.S. Air Force, he spent the next 15 years living and working in Alaska. It was during that time he had the experiences which he has now decided to write about. These are all true stories and are recounted as close to the actual events as possible. Any names mentioned are the actual names of real people, some still living, some who have moved on. Larry's penchant for humor comes across loud and clear in his stories. He says that he views life through "humor-colored glasses", and his Alaskan adventures attest to that fact.

David Ryan, writer, photographer, publisher and co-owner

Erin Ryan, photographer, publisher and co-owner dandepublishing.com. Erin is currently office manager for the Hotel College at UNLV. Living in Las Vegas, she

Frank Ryan has been active in the newspaper sales and media for 30 years in the western USA. He has worked in electronic media, industry, and in business. He has published music, crackerbarrel poetry, stories, and articles and loves to tell a good story. The Galloping Geezer is his latest boutique web site. Frank says his newest joy is to give visitors to the site a wonderful and enjoyable time, with honest, and engaging stories, wholesome photos, interesting memoribillia and great interactive and fun online games to play.

He calls the new site an "Entertainment station!" "Folks are also urged to visit the all new Galloping Geezer Country Store", he recently quipped.

Thena Smith is a prolific writer of poetry and author of Where's Thena? I Need a Poem About..., Whispers, A Taste Paste, Board Smartz, Letters to Heaven and more published by BlueGrass Publishing.

Says Thena "I am a happily retired card carrying member of AARP and proud of it! I retired about four years ago and have rushed headlong into my real life outside of the 9-14 hour workday that today's world demands.

I have been writing poetry for as long as I can remember. I won my first poetry contest when I was about 9 years old and my poem was in the local newspaper. I have a wonderful hubby of 42 years and a beautiful grown up daughter. My hubby has just recently retired and we are enjoying a less stressful time of life. These are the wonderful things in my fairly newly retired world that make up my poetry and inspire me.

Don Weston is a former journalist who has worked for many publications including, The Mid County Memo, The South County Spotlight, The Clackamas County News, The Gresham Outlook, The now defunct Oregon Journal, and the Sports Department of The Oregonian. He also has been published on an on-line Humor Magazine, Laughter Loaf.

Don presently works in real estate and he has been working on novels, including one  unpublished mystery entitled The Big Bluff. He is currently working on another novel called, Billie Bly, P.I. while trying to find a publisher for his first effort. He also has written several humorous columns published in weekly newspapers and a Christmas Story, Yes Daddy, There is a Santa Claus, published in a major daily newspaper.

Mary E. White resides in a small town in Missouri, a long way from her beginnings in Philadelphia, Pa. Married for just 44 years, the White's have 4 children and spouses, 11 grandchildren, counting one grandson-in-law and a great-granddaughter, OH! almost forgot 2 grand-dogs. Always a crafter at heart, Mary owned and operated Selby House Tea Room and Gifts, worked as a Floral Designer and gave classes in Floral Design, Tole Painting, Craft and Leaded Glass for many years. After retirement, she has had more time to spend on her Children's Books and Poetry that have always just been written for family and friends. Now armed with a computer and the internet her Handcrafted Cards and Children's Books can be found on her website: www.freewebs.com/hummingbirdlane

Diana Zook is a modern homemaker and business woman who is on the go, and who loves to entertain and has a host of great recipes, which she has agreed to share each month for our busy Galloping Geezer crowd.

Biograhpy coming soon

Anthony Cirillo, FACHE, ABC is president of Fast Forward Marketing Consulting and Anthony’s Song located in Huntersville, North Carolina. A professional singer who has recorded in Nashville and appeared around the country, Anthony accidentally fell into a mission for older adults through his singing.  That evolved into a mission.  He performs at all types of senior communities, is an ombudsman in Charlotte, NC, offers products for activity directors and does keynote speaking across the world.  Anthony is the author of “Who Moved My Dentures?” now in its second printing. In his “day job” he serves as a consultant to hospitals and long-term care facilities internationally offering strategic counsel in marketing, public relations and community relations. Anthony is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and an accredited business communicator of the International Association of Business Communicators. He is a past board member of the Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development, past president of IABC Philadelphia and a frequent contributor to Health Leaders online. Anthony’s career has spanned hospital work, broadcasting, Fortune 500 and the launching of a Wall Street healthcare startup. A native of Philadelphia, he attained his undergraduate degree from Drexel University and his graduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Find out more at the following sites: www.4wardfast.com, www.anthonyssong.com, http://sickoh.blogspot.com/, http://anthonyssong.blogspot.com/.

Tracey Monette is a very tail end baby boomer, married with a young daughter at home. Coming from a very artsy family, Tracey's art career took a winding path towards graphic & digital design along with web design as she waited for technology to catch up with what she wanted to do. Her graphic art can be found on several websites, as a designer at Scrapbook-Elements & with her many personal scrapbooking layouts at the digi scrappers hangout Digishoptalk.