Two Cousins, Fifty Years The front cover photograph was taken in Elafonissos in June 2024. The back cover was taken at Lake Traunsee in 1971. It depicts two cousins; one from Germany and the other from America as they implement their parents wish of keeping the families connected from generation to generation. I am grateful to say, done and done! I grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and graduated cum laude from Ohio University. Received my Masters in Communication Management from the Annenberg School at the University of Southern California. Lived in Boston, LA and currently San Francisco. Careers include actor, taxi driver, tech sales manager, sales coach, blogger, jogger, father, evolving stoic and poet.