A View From The Floor - Softcover

Riley Jackson was born in California, lived in Oregon and now resides in Bainbridge Iland, Washington. He is living proof that you should pay attention in high school because when he was released from high school he joined the Army during the Korean War. Not one of his brightest moves. He ended up spending most of his three years of active duty in Africa, which is the setting for his next book.

After the service, Riley made his living as a jack of all trades before heading to college for an actual degree. just a few of the jobs that he held include singing, baking donuts, working in a dairy and making pizzas.

Riley graduated from UCSB and accepted his first legitimate job as a systems engineer with RCA systems division. He spent thirty years in the computer industry and a marriage. To celebrate the end of those endeavors, he bought a small coffee farm in Costa Rica where this novel starts.

Riley currently lives with the only female in his life, Duchess, a white basset hound. She loves him very much but also drools continuously, sleeps twenty-three out of twenty-four hours a day, and knows more people than Riley does. She is the love of his life and a complete party animal.

Riley's zest for life is absolutely contagious. This self-proclaimed dirty-old man somehow helped me see beyond my own physical limitations and allowed me to embrace the beauty and joy that greets me each and every morning. This book is highly recommended for fellow stroke sufferers, their families, friends, physicians, therapists. --Hugo Putts, Costa Rica

I've had to put up with this guy for over ten years now. Action Jackson is a slow study. It took us nine years to get his fat bottom out of his wheelchair and start him walking. As I told his daughter-in-law, If we had known he would keep coming back, we would have never taught him to walk. Read the book and you will know why. --One of Riley s physical therapists --name with held upon request

Riley is irreverent and incorrigible and I am glad I wasn't the nurse taking care of him for his recovery! However, he also possesses an incredible curiosity and a respect for the journey that is life. When the rug was pulled out from under him and he woke up in the hospital, his first thought was, I wonder what will happen next? --Jeanne DeBaets RN