I've worked in the building trades for most of my life: carpenter, plumber, electrician. Also been a writer all my life, published a bunch of books, never hit it big. Built my house under redwoods on a mountainside, raised a family, living with the same woman for fifty years, play with the grandkids. That's a career and it continues yet.
  • La Honda, California
  • JoinedMarch 25, 2014



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JoeCottonwood JoeCottonwood May 27, 2016 06:59PM
Another poem about my daughter, dog bites, doll houses.https://www.wattpad.com/262694527-not-much-but-plenty-stray-dogs
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