Family

Romey and I were married 5.25.25 at the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. The wedding weekend was magical in all the ways. Having our friends from all over the world gathered together in one place to celebrate is something we wish we could do every year.

See our extensive wedding archive here. I am very lucky to have found Romey so late in life.

The progeny that I raised in Virginia with my ex-wife are all grown up now.  Josie is 30 and graduated first from NYU (where she spent time in Paris and Abu Dhabi while she was a student) with  honors in Linguistics and Cognitive Science and then with a Masters degree from USC in Business, Design, and Technology.  For years, she worked in TV and movies in NY (and is listed in the credits of Infinity War).  Now she is living in Berlin and looking for her next adventure in UI/UX.  See her webpage.

Eli, who is 27, graduated remotely from Beloit College in Wisconsin where he majored in Cognitive Science.  He spent a semester in New Zealand in 2018.  Since graduating during the pandemic, Eli has published a number of impressive academic papers, including a journal article in the International Journal of Machine Consciousness.  Eli is in a Ph.D. program at Indiana University, exploring the confluence of animal cognition, philosophy of mind, and robotics.  Eli also creates world class digital art.

Odessa Micheal, who is also 27, is a tattoo artist in Martinsburg, WV. She currently works at Cherry Bomb. O’s daughter Iulie is a firecracker at 7. We love spending time with her at the farm. Her baby brother Leiden was born in August 2025.

Watching our children grow into accomplished young adults is one of the essential joys of our lives. (I especially love being a grandpa.)

I was born on February 25th, 1966 in Miami, Florida. That makes me…old. I grew up in Kingsport, Tennessee. I also lived in Rochester, New York (for six months) and Longview, Texas (for two years), before heading off to college. (We followed dad around when he was transferred.) As a result of his transfer-survival techniques, my dad became a big banana at Eastman Chemical Company. Dad is retired now and lives on Black Mountain in North Carolina. He still thinks he is a pirate from the Dewees days. Dad taught me hedonism, which I practice to this day.

My mom died of leukemia in 2003. It’s from her that I inherited my drive and ambition.

I have two brothers. Chris, the youngest, finished his Biology degree at Emory and moved to Washington, DC.  He and his wife Esther have an adorable little girl named Cora and a toddler named Murray. Walt, one year younger than me, used to write TV for a living (CNN and Nick News for Kids). He now splits his time between Bainbridge Island and Topanga Canyon with his wife Nora. Like their cousins, Walt’s two kids Simone and Wiley are all gown up and have left the nest.  A few years ago, Walt won an Emmy for his work. One year he was beat out by Bill Nye the Science Guy (really).  He now meets veteran musicians through his work at McCabes.

I was married the first time for 30 years before divorcing in 2019.  During those 34 years, I lived in Charlottesville, Bloomington, Bean Blossom, Cognola (Italy), Waterford, Leesburg and finally Berryville.

I live with my wife Romey McGraw on the banks of the Shenandoah river near Berryville.  Romey owns and runs The Natural Mane. We were married 5.25.25.