Craig Kirchner is retired and living in Jacksonville Florida because that’s where his granddaughters are. He loves the aesthetics of writing, has a book of poetry, Roomful of Navels and has been nominated three times for Pushcart. He was recently published in Decadent Review, Chiron Review, Queen’s Review, The Main Street Rag, One Art, Stand, Hamilton Stone Review and dozens of others. He houses 500 books in his office and about 400 poems on a laptop, these words help keep him straight.