Frank F. ...

     A few words about myself   -  I was born in the northeast, and have been living in this area (Asheville) since October 1996. I enjoy the outdoors, surfing the Web, classic rock, photography, occasional bicycling, clubgoing and New Age activities. I've previously spent over a decade in rural Upstate NY, as well as a few years each in Oregon, northern Calif., Florida, and Mass.
I had been single all my life, though I had made connections with several interesting ladies over the years. Unfortunately, nothing seemed to stick for too long. I met Wanda a few years ago during my travels in the inventory business, we kept in touch and eventually were married in September, 2003, and she came to live with me here in Asheville. There's a link below for pictures from our trip to Niagara Falls and New York from that time.
For my web visitors, I'm always open to new contacts of similar interests to build up a good network of friends. We have a nice guest room here in the mountains at an affordable rate, with a "retreat" and "spiritual" emphasis.
I was briefly (just over a year each) involved with two Zen communities in the 80's, for one of which I was on the office staff as computer programmer, and my spiritual interests range from Zen (and Buddhism) to shamanism (especially Native American, Celtic, etc.) to wicca, metaphysics, philosophy and just about anything which piques my interest, though as I get older, most of my book reading and exploration days seem to be on hold. I'm a heavy internet user, though, and do learn and explore in this way quite a bit. I'm kind of a news and tech junkie as well. I've had good experience in carpentry, electrical and related construction over the years, mostly as a hobby, and from doing quite a bit of work to just about every place I've owned. I've lived a (sort-of) back-to-the-land lifestyle out in the woods a few times, as well as a year helping on an organic produce farm near Eugene, Oregon. I'm currently self-employed as an independent inventory contractor, I go out in the field and inventory retail businesses. I've been involved in this field since 1991, in various areas of the country. In 1998, after 1 1/2 years here in Asheville, I once again was able to find my own place, up in the mountains, at almost 3000' elevation but less than 10 miles from downtown. Great spot with a good perspective, I'm definitely enjoying the altitude!
I'm also an avid computer hobbyist and love playing around with such "toys" as various versions of Linux operating systems, web servers, etc., and hope to further my consulting business along these lines. Contact me if you need computer help, or web design.

     On the other pages of this site are various links I've found to be of interest, I hope you enjoy checking them out. Most were taken from my own bookmarks, and cover some interesting, unusual, and entertaining sites.
Feel free to email me if you'd like, as I always enjoy hearing from folks of like mind. Or, just feel free to email me with comments or suggestions, questions about the Asheville area or with any links which you'd like to share.

Links to my photography pages and my other photo sites on the web:

           Movies in QuickTime format - taken in 2008

           Trip to New York - Summer of 2007 - Page 1
           Trip to New York - Summer of 2007 - Page 2
           Trip to New York - Summer of 2007 - Page 3
           Trip to New York - Summer of 2007 - Page 4


           Various new photos from Summer 2005    More work on the house, also a few of the area (Bele Chere, etc.) 35mm.

           Our "kitty" Pristina     Added in January 2004, photos of kitten taken with a Mavica.

           Frank & Wanda's Wedding & Trip to New York     Added in November 2003, four pages with a total of 80 photos.

           Fall projects & Christmas at home, 2003     Added in December 2003, one page of photos at home.

           Mom & Uncle Gus come to visit, October 2002     Photos from their visit at that time.

           Frank's Photography Site     Recent photography featuring the Asheville area, my home, and a few travels.
Includes some colorful photos from festivals in the area, and a trip to Puerto Rico.
This is the largest gallery and has higher quality pictures.

           Frank's Page on Geocities    A few personal photo galleries, mostly from the mid-70's in California and the West, and Mexico. These are not of the best quality, as they were scanned from old prints, but worth a look for the vintage of them.
Added in 2001 are a few black & white galleries of Boston, including the Blizzard of '78,
and some photos from New York city circa '79, including a WTC photo from the
now-demolished West Side Highway.
Also a few photos from the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, NC taken around Thanksgiving 1999 by a friend.