25 Steps and Beyond:
The Collected Works

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

He is available for public readings or gigs
in Vancouver, Portland, south to Salem,
and north to Olympia.

He writes, reads and studies Poetry.
His hobbies include: gardening,
web publishing, walking adventures,
harmonica playing, yurt camping,
reading, playing, studying, blogging,
Taijiquan, writing, exploring the
Northwest USA, research studies
and local trips.

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

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

Best to send him email.
Phone: 530-528-3546 (but he seldom checks)

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.

TextArt and Concrete Poetry

At the Edges of the West, Volume 1
Highway 101 and Hwy 1

25 Steps and Beyond: Collected Works

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

Provide open access to people worldwide.
No advertising or pop-up ads on my webpages.
Offering no chapbooks or books of mine
    or from others to sell.
Since 2024, webpages are in CSS format
    and cellphone readable.
Google translate drop-down menu.

I also use my Cloud Hands Blog for poetry posts.
I research and study poetry mostly at my home.
I am outside of Academic or
    Poetry "Schools" involvements.

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

Feedback or suggestions are welcome.

25 Steps and Beyond:
The Collected Works of Mike Garofalo

Texts Press Publications
Free Online Poetry and Studies
By Mike Garofalo
Vancouver, Washington
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on May 1, 2025.

25 Steps and Beyond: The Collected Works

By Mike Garofalo

25 Steps and Beyond:
The Collected Works