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	As indicated above, I am a US Army veteran, serving way back in the distant past, from 1975 to 1983. For details of my service see '''[[Mike Clark's Military Service\|my military service]]'''		As indicated above, I am a US Army veteran, serving way back in the distant past, from 1975 to 1983. For details of my service see '''[[Mike Clark's Military Service\|my military service]]'''
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	I'm a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sometimes referred to incorrectly as the Mormon Church, and I've been a member since 1966. I have a very strong testimony of Jesus Christ as the Son of God and the Redeemer of mankind.		I'm a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sometimes referred to incorrectly as the Mormon Church, and I've been a member since 1966. I have a very strong testimony of Jesus Christ as the Son of God and the Redeemer of mankind.

−	I served as a full-time missionary for the Church from 1972-1974 in Germany. As a result, I speak German as my second language. Since my late wife Waltraut was born in Germany, this was convenient, since we had a common "secret" language we could speak with one another in a crowd. My present wife, Wendy, wants to learn German, so we should be able to have a second language between us eventually, too! One of Wendy's goals is to some time serve a mission for the LDS Church at its temple in Switzerland, and this is her reason for learning German.	+	I served as a full-time missionary for the Church from 1972-1974 in Germany. As a result, I speak German as my second language. Since my late wife Waltraut was born in Germany, this was convenient, since we had a common "secret" language we could speak with one another in a crowd.

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 For the last quarter of 2015 I was a widower, and on into the first quarter of 2016.  My wife Waltraut passed away due to cancer on 21 September 2015.  We had just passed our 35th wedding anniversary when it happened.  I want everyone to know about her: '''[[Waltraut Clark]]'''.
-We were both each other's second spouse, and our children consist of 12: hers, mine and ours  And while her children before we married each other are technically my stepchildren, I don't generally like the "step" part of it, and consider them mine, too.  Since my sweetie was a bit older than I and had her first child at a bit younger age than I did, my oldest (step) son is old enough to be a younger brother to me!  But I love it, because that means that his five children are my adult grandchildren!  It's a generation-bender, but I get the biggest kick out of it!  My oldest grandson, Monte, has a doctorate in mathematics from Purdue University, and recently he and his wife had a daughter!  One of Monte's younger brothers is likewise a mathematician.
+We were both each other's second spouse, and our children consist of 12: hers, mine and ours.  And while her children before we married each other are technically my stepchildren, I don't generally like the "step" part of it, and consider them mine, too.  Since my sweetie was a bit older than I and had her first child at a bit younger age than I did, my oldest (step) son is old enough to be a younger brother to me!  But I love it, because that means that his five children are my adult grandchildren!  My oldest grandson, Monte, has a doctorate in mathematics from Purdue University, and recently he and his wife had a daughter!  One of Monte's younger brothers is likewise a mathematician.
 Around Christmastime of 2015, against all expectation, I came to be acquainted with a very wonderful woman who lives in the United Kingdom (England), and after a surprisingly rapid "falling" in love, she came to the United States and in March 2016 we were married! Her name is [[Wendy]].

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 Although I've lost both contested elections I've run for, I have "won" office as a Republican Party precinct committee officer (PCO).  This means that I have been a member of the Republican Party Central Committee in my county.  Oh, and yes, when Mitt Romney ran for President of the US, I was a Romney delegate to the Republican Party state nominating convention.  That was fun!  I am not so keen on Romney's subsequent exploits in the US Senate.
-I doubt I'm going to do anything more in politics, however.  Except vote. And spout off my opinions!  And I've recently acquired a significant interest in British politics.  I'm definitely a Brexiteer!
+I doubt I'm going to do anything more in politics, however.  Except vote. And spout off my opinions!  And I've recently acquired a significant interest in British politics.  I'm definitely a Brexiteer! And I'm a member of the Reform UK party.
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-I'm a member of the American Legion, the American Radio Relay League, and the National Rifle Association. I've also joined the British Legion!
+I'm a member of both the American Legion and the Royal British Legion!
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 ===Military Service===
-I am a US Army veteran, serving way back in the distant past, from 1975 to 1983. For details of my service see '''[[Mike Clark's Military Service|my military service]]'''
+As indicated above, I am a US Army veteran, serving way back in the distant past, from 1975 to 1983. For details of my service see '''[[Mike Clark's Military Service|my military service]]'''
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 I was born in Los Angeles, California, but I've never lived there! A nice place to visit, of course.
-I've lived in many places, including other parts of California, Toronto (Canada), Cheltenham (England), Düsseldorf (Germany), and courtesy of the United States Army I was stationed at Forts Knox, Polk, Lewis and Gordon, and US Army Europe (USAEUR). But most of my life has been spent living in the very salubrious climate of western Washington state, from 1985.  It is more salubrious because it actually rains here!  Some think it rains a bit too much, but I definitely enjoy drinkable water falling from the skies, as opposed to living in a dustbowl. Of late, however, (that would be since 2017) I have been spending most of my time in my wife's "green and pleasant land" of England. Which I am endeavoring to make my own "green and pleasant land."
+I've lived in many places, including other parts of California, Toronto (Canada), Cheltenham (England), Düsseldorf (Germany), and courtesy of the United States Army I was stationed at Forts Knox, Polk, Lewis and Gordon, and US Army Europe (USAEUR). But most of my life has been spent living in the very salubrious climate of western Washington state, from 1985.  It is more salubrious because it actually rains there!  Some think it rains a bit too much, but I definitely enjoy drinkable water falling from the skies, as opposed to living in a dustbowl. Of late, however, (that would be since 2017) I have been spending most of my time in my wife's "green and pleasant land" of England, which has become my own as well.
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 ====Writing====
-I am trying to turn my interest in writing into a profession for my retirement years -- that ought to be interesting.  I currently have two or three science fiction novels "in" me.  One of them lends itself to a trilogy or more.  Besides science fiction I also have a non-fiction book planned, in the religion genre.
+I am trying to turn my interest in writing into a profession for my retirement years -- that ought to be interesting.
-Actually, I have already published two books, both family memoirs, through my publishing company, [[Prospect Avenue Books]].  [https://www.prospectavenuebooks.com/index.php/yesterday-s-sandhills Yesterday's Sandhills] is my sister-in-law Rita's memoir of World War II, and [https://www.prospectavenuebooks.com/index.php/the-bones-of-my-people The Bones of My People] is my mother-in-law's story of her experiences as a forced laborer in the Soviet Union after World War II.  Although I gave the author credit to my late mother-in-law, [[Gertrud Jakumeit|Gertrud Baltutt]], the book was ghost-written by me working with a transcript of her telling her story -- and with a lot of help from my late wife, [[Waltraut Clark|Waltraut]].
+Actually, I have already published three books, two family memoirs, through my publishing company, [[Prospect Avenue Books]], with my third book being a description and history of a castle local to me in England.
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