WHO ME?

AARON JAMES DEFENBAUGH
visioner / scribbler / creator / admirer / builder / pseudo-encourager / ponderer

Married to a wonder woman, raising 5 future incredibles, converted from agnosticism to Protestantism to apostolic Christianity, up-cycling a 140-year old home, love baths, lived 1/2 of my life in the rural conservative midwest / living the other half in progressive urban cities, nearly died 10 times I can remember, broke 2 arms, ate a raw habanero, slept 4 weeks in a car, swam in 2 oceans/ surfed in 1, skinny dipped in February, castrated hogs and cattle, ate pizza with Bruce (now Caitlyn) Jenner, moved 15 times in 18 months, switched careers 4 times, allergic to too many good foods, scorched ants with a magnifying glass, won $1M from Taco Bell (but lost the key piece), proud of a blue- & white- collar CV, on national TV 3 times as a tailgating mascot on stilts, marvel at native plants (among other nature stuff), visited 36 states and Washington D.C., danced on stage with Chuck Berry, wrestled pigs, love Saint Louis, upload shit to this website.