My name is now Ash Wilder.  As you, my reader, have already discerned, it wasn’t always so.  I’ve changed it to provide freedom to write as I explore my country’s past and its current state of affairs, and to ponder its future as I begin my quest in the year 2026.  My hope is that as I explore and write, I will find optimism in the people I meet and comfort and solace in the places I go on my travels within my country, the United States of America, in what I perceive to be troubled times. 

I live, sometimes, in the mountains of the Sierra Nevada in a rustic cabin by a lake where I find solitude and solace.  Here, I can write and live close to nature, away from the congestion and pressure of suburban and city life.  I also live, sometimes, in suburbia, near a city, where my partner, my family, my friends, and most of my contemporaries live and work. When I’m not in the mountains or suburbia, I’ll be on the road in Optimus Prime, a converted Sprinter van, staying in places I’ve never been or that have changed over the years, long enough to gain an appreciation for the residents and the landscape. Thanks to inventive minds and technology, when I’m in the mountains or on the road, I’ll stay connected to the outside world and current events through satellites, computers, cellphones, and televisions.

Here you will find my writings, some humorous, some serious.  My intent is to chronicle the times in which I live. My writings will include regular entries, poems, short stories, essays, and a novel on which I’m working.  You have free access to my chronicles and photographs through this website.  If you’d like to read my other writings, you may purchase them for a nominal fee by clicking on their links.  Your purchases will help support my writing.