Sioux Falls is quiet city of about 130,000 located in the southeastern part of South Dakota near the borders of Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska.  It's a long, long way from New York not only geographically, but spiritually. I spent almost 49 years in and under the shadow of the Big Apple, so I figured I earned the right to live somewhere else, anywhere else. In November of 1993, Lorna and I first selected Tyler, MN because we have family there and because the cost of living is very low. But finding work was not easy, so in July of 2002 we drifted to Sioux Falls and bought a home in the Sioux Falls historic district.  Sioux Falls is one really nice place to live a wonderful small city, with things to do and lots of friendly people. Visit the Sioux Falls, South Dakota  web page and see for yourself. OK, it's not New York, but I never have trouble finding a place to park.

For the past twenty-nine odd (and some have been really odd) years, I've earned my living by doing two different things. I am a writer and I am also a professional fund raiser. And I've been pretty successful at doing both. I've raised money for major organizations like The Legal Aid Society of New York and the United Jewish Appeal. During and in between the fund raising, I wrote for The New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Baltimore Sun, the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, the Christian Science Monitor, the St. Paul Pioneer Press, New York Newsday, TV Guide and lots more. (you won't find my articles through these links unless the paper has a really good archives section. I put the links in just for fun and to give you a quick way to leave in case you get bored reading this page) My Israel pieces have appeared in 40+ American-Jewish newspapers and I've completed 3 novels.  I actually published one of them recently (see THE NOVEL at the top of the page) and sold the option to a movie company.  Another will be coming out soon and I'm am working my fourth. 

But writing is a drug... the more you get the more you want. After all, a NY Times byline is not something everyone has, and once I had my first, all I wanted was another. So when my daughter the doctor graduated from college, and no longer needed as much financial support, I decided to leave New York's big money jobs and high expense living. The idea, the hope, was a better way of living and more time to write. It's all worked pretty well, the move, the new life-style, new geography, working at various stuff just to earn a living.  But somehow things didn't get much simpler but sometimes my life feels just like the Mad Hatter's Tea Party which is why I chose the name themadhatter.net for my domain.  Come with me and I'll share some with you, some tea, a few entertaining words to read, a little insanity, whatever. By the way, thanks for visiting. 

I Write for Money                      I Write for Fun

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