One More

Ron and Candy Barnette have made their home in Dunedin, Florida for eighteen years. A native Californian, Ron is a Professor Emeritus in Philosophy from Valdosta State University in Georgia. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine. Upon being offered a position in the Philosophy Department at Valdosta State in the early 1970s, Ron moved across country, and soon after his arrival, met Candy, an English major, at Valdosta State. They were married in 1973, and lived happily in the university town of Valdosta for over thirty years. Ron served as interim Vice President of the university, and later as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Prior to retiring, Ron and Candy, quite by chance, stumbled onto the town of Dunedin, and purchased a small cottage there in the downtown area of the city. In 2009, Ron won election to a seat on the City of Dunedin Commission, where he served until deciding to retire from the position in 2014. Candy began writing at the age of twelve, devoting her youthful talent to the penning of poetry, short stories and historical romance novels, all, of course, written in long hand. She is an avid reader of murder and suspense novels. Two of her favorite novelists are Jo Nesbo and John Connolly. The couple have a son who lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, one daughter who makes her home with her husband in London, England, and another daughter who lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and pre-teen daughter, Ron and Candy's only grandchild, and to whom the novel is dedicated. The Barnettes enjoy traveling, particularly cruising on the tall ships of the Star Clippers line.