BIO

The short version:

My wife Vicki and I, and our five dogs (see the photo gallery), live in Tucson, where I teach Italian at the University of Arizona.

The long version:

"I should not talk so much about myself
if there were any body else whom I knew as well."
—Henry David Thoreau, Walden

I wrote my first autobiography as a school project at the age of fourteen—fifty-one hand-written pages titled Remembrances of Ronnie and published in one copy by the "Hard to Remember" Publishing Company. Today, however, with all the pop stars putting out their bios at the age of nineteen, I'm mindful of Benvenuto Cellini's admonition that one should be at least fifty before writing one's memoirs. What follows, then, is just a sketch of a few highlights.

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Ancestors

More immediate forebearers

Ron's bio

Wcriting life

Don't forget to take a look at my photo gallery!


Contact Information at ronterpening.com