25 Steps and Beyond:
The Collected Works

Mike Garofalo lives in Vancouver,
Orchards & Five Corners Neighborhoods,
Northeast Clark County, Washington State.

He is available for public readings
in Vancouver or Portland.

He writes, reads and studies Poetry.
His hobbies include: gardening,
writing, walking adventures,
yurt camping, reading, blogging,
Taijiquan, exploring the Northwest,
research studies, local trips,
and family activities.

He has been web publishing since
1998 at Green Way Research.

Mike is 80 years of age.
He has a calm, pleasant, and
friendly speaking voice.
He is a big tall elderly gent.

Best to send him email.

Michael Peter Garofalo (1946-) grew up in East Los Angeles, was educated in Catholic Schools, lived with two other brothers, graduated (B.A., M.S.) from local universities, married Blanche Karen Eubanks, served in the US Air Force, worked in and managed many City and Los Angeles County Public Libraries, raised two children, socialized, traveled, and learned. Retired as the Regional Administrator, East Region, Los Angeles County Public Library in 1998. We moved to a rural 5 acre property in Red Bluff, in the North Sacramento Valley, CA. Webmaster since 1999. Worked part-time for the Corning School District (Technology and Media Services Manager); and as a yoga, Taijiquan, and fitness club instructor until 2016. Traveled extensively in Northern California, Oregon, and Washington. We both retired, and we moved to Vancouver, WA, in 2017. From 2017 to 2025: reading, writing, gardening, harmonica playing, home chores, activities with children and grand-children, yurt camping, blogging, Tai Chi Chuan, exercises, traveling in the Northwest, walking, web publishing, poetry research and writing, photography, Northwest research, Nature mysticism, and sports events.

25 Steps and Beyond: Collected Works

At the Edges of the West
Highway 101 and Hwy 1 Docu-Poem

Cloud Hands Blog

Mike Garofalo's Internet Web Publishing
Objectives, Aims, and Policies:

Provide open access to people worldwide.
People can read my poetry for free: 24/7.
Google translate drop-down menu included.

No advertising or pop-up ads on my webpages.
No cookies tracking.
Offering no chapbooks or books of mine
or from others to sell.

Since 2024, webpages are in CSS format
and cellphone readable.

Since 2005, I have used my
Cloud Hands Blog for poetry posts,
many other topics, promoting others,
selling books.

I research and study poetry at my home.
I am outside of Academic or
Poetry "Schools" involvements.
In 2025, I am carefully studying
the poetry of John Ashbery.

I don't submit my poems to Contests:
    saving me time, money,
    waiting, and competing in
    unnecessary races with others.

Feedback, comments, reviews,
praise, or suggestions are welcome.

Texts Press Publications
Free Online Poetry and Studies
By Mike Garofalo
Vancouver, Washington
Text Press Email

I really appreciate positive feedback, reviews,
kudos, and encouragement about the value
of my free webpages. Send your comments to:
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This document was last edited, revised,
reformatted, added to, relinked,
changed, improved, or modified
by Mike Garofalo
on May 29, 2025.

25 Steps and Beyond: The Collected Works

By Mike Garofalo

25 Steps and Beyond:
The Collected Works