Peering Through Life's Window

A Warm Welcome to Dave Arp Dave will give away a print copy of Me and Jake . (U.S. residents only) To enter to win leave a comment and an e-mail address below. Hi Dave, first, tell us a little bit about yourself. I’m 60, married for 32 years, and I have 3 children and 6 grandchildren. I’ve spent the last 40 years working an equal time-on/off schedule, drilling oil and gas wells all over the world. When you hear someone say, “It’s on a slow boat from China,” I’ve been on one. Four years ago my relief and I moved a semi-submersible rig from Shanghai, China, to the Gulf of Mexico, 15,300 miles, in six months, on one tank of diesel fuel—4 million gallons. Wow! What an exciting career. Lots of writers loved to read as children. How about you? If so, what did you read? I survived through 12 years of informal education, and graduated, without reading a book. Not one. Not until a friend introduced me to Louis L’Amour after I graduated high school did I develop a love for readi...