Personal Interests and Activities

HOMEPAGE OF ROY HENRY

Department of Political Science, WMU

Each of you, for himself, by himself and on his own responsibility, must speak. And it is a solemn and weighty responsibility, and not lightly to be flung aside at the bullying of pulpit, press, government, or the empty catchphrases of politicians. Each must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, and which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide against your convictions is to be an unqualified and inexcusable traitor, both to yourself and to your country, let man label you as they may. If you alone of all the nation shall decide one way, and that way be the right way according to your convictions of the right, you have done your duty by yourself and by your country- hold up your head! You have nothing to be ashamed of.

--Mark Twain

Personal Interests and Activities

Being both a PhD student and a husband and father, you might be wondering how I have the time to have personal interests, much less personal activities. Careful time management might be the best answer for that question, as well as an acute sense of the important things in life. More than anything else, I enjoy spending time with my family and friends, whether it is travelling, going to sporting events, or just cooking dinner for everyone. Below are some of the other things that I enjoy doing, even if I don't do them as well as I would like.

Photography

I enjoy being a amateur shutterbug. For the most part, I do a lot of nature and landscape photography with some portrait photography thrown in as well. The latter is mostly because of my son Isaac and daughter Reagan. I just can't seem to pay someone to do something that I am capable of doing - and enjoy doing besides.

There are a couple of places that you can see some of my work: at Photo.net and here on this website. On this website, though, you can also find some photos that were not taken by me, but are important to me nonetheless.

Geocaching

This is an adult version of scavenger and treasure hunts. People put caches in various places around the world and log their coordinates (latitude, longitude) online for others to find them. Some of the caches are very small (about the size of a 35mm film canister) while others can be larger (a surplus ammunition box or Rubbermaid container). All have log books that allow visitors to sign them, leave jokes or stories, and so forth, and the larger caches usually possess various items ranging in value from dollar store stuff to somewhat expensive pieces of merchandise. This is great fun if you enjoy the outdoors and history (many of the caches are placed in historical places and have back stories), and can make a wonderful family activity. All it costs is the price of a handheld GPS unit.

You can find out more at Geocaching.com.