SANDBOX 101

About the Book

Sandbox101represents the collective wisdom of the ages, stories and advice from old men and old women who have learned the lessons over many years through education, trial and error, careers, families and experience. The goal is to expose the reader to ideas and ideals, to possibly spare that reader the frustration and possible consequences of choices based on insuffi cient knowledge and experience. It is meant to provide food for thought for when challenges are faced in unfamiliar territory. Our world is rapidly changing but the ideals of right and wrong, kindness and consideration will hopefully weather the journey through time, from human interaction, pen and paper, lectures and learning to the ever-changing optics of the electronic mass media and scientifi c discovery. Best of Luck on Your Journey. Jerome B. Imhoff

About the Author

Jerome B. Imhoff is a retired mid-70’s prison nurse and psychiatric social worker. This is his fourth book. The fi rst two, Back When I Was Young Son and The Tide, were Children’s picture books, fully illustrated and written in rhyme. The third, Stories From Big Pine Lake is a series of stories to be read TO young children and read BY slightly older children. He is the second of seven children from a family littered with medical people and writers. It’s genetic and they’re all OK with that. Four of his siblings and two of his aunts are published authors and his mother and grandfather were masters of the written word. Writing for Jerome is both a comfort and a challenge, allowing him to express himself and our collective human nature through the thoughts and feelings in his writing. This compilation represents the process of learning and growth as a person and the realization that we are a composite of our individual experiences, success and failures, joys and frustrations. After retiring from Health Services in the Connecticut Department of Correction, Jerome was a volunteer with the American Red Cross in Springfi eld, Massachusetts and after moving south, for the last 11 years, he’s been a volunteer with the Florida Forest Service. His woodworking shop in the forest smells like saw dust and coffee and his volunteer friends gather each morning for “coffee on the workbench” to plan their day. He makes signs for the forest and hiking sticks for campers. Life in retirement doesn’t get much better than that.