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My wife (Mrs. MajorMike) and I have lived in Green Cove Springs for eleven years. I am either in denial about how old I am, or I am too senile to remember. I am a retired Infantry Officer. I own a small civil engineering firm. I am also an elected city councilman in Green Cove Springs. OK, I'm a politician. Don't hold that against me. We all have our "dark side".

A native Chicagoan, I migrated to Florida for college and graduated in 2005 with degrees in Creative Writing, Theatre and Literature (minor). Having previously worked on academic papers and publications for a total of seven years (with some healthcare jobs in between), I am really enjoying my work with My Clay Sun and the Times-Union. For My Clay Sun, I manage the Leisure and Pets sections, and my writing, photos and videos increasingly appear in My Clay Sun, the Duval Sun publications and on Jacksonville.com. I also have the privilege of designing several specialty publications in Clay County and am a member of the Times-Union Tour Guides and Diversity Committee, and can be heard every Wednesday morning reading the news briefs for WJCT 89.9 National Public Radio.

I was born and raised in Greenville, SC (more specifically, Travelers Rest, in case anybody knows the area). I went to school at the University of South Carolina (Go Gamecocks!), where after 3 years of wasting a lot of tuition money I decided on journalism. I've been in Florida for just over a year and now I'm working at the Times-Union as the Community Products Coordinator. Office 904.359.4538 Send Jonathan an e-mail

I am happily married, Mother to three beautiful daughters, and I have two wonderful granchildren. Certified Residential Appraiser, and a citizen of Clay County since 1991.

I have been the nosy sort who loves to watch what the world is up to since my eyes focused after birth. I have been a working journalist since 1980, when my newly won liberal arts degree got me a job at a weekly newspaper in South Carolina. In those days, we actually still used typewriters and laid out the pages by hand. The pay was low and has not gotten all that much better since. But at least now we have computer writing programs that tell us as soon as we make a spelling mistake, cameras that can erase bad shots as soon as we take them and a Web site where we can post news online as soon as it happens! Still, the bottom line remains the same. I'm still the nosy sort who loves to watch what the world is up to. Join me.

47 years old, moved to Clay Hill in 1983, 3 kids, 2 grandkids.

My name is Matt Birman and i am happily single. I graduated from Clay High in 2006 and am currently going to college.

Retired from the Navy in 1988. Presently working for the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, Department of Corrections, as Training Lieutenant. I have lived in Orange Park for 26 years.

70 years old. Retired mechanical engineer.

Mark Santiago is the Owner of Wee-Haul, a professional Junk Removal company which services the Clay County and Jacksonville area. Call 352-235-4387 for a FREE quote.

I have lived in the Jacksonville area all of my life and in Orange Park for approximately 35 years. I have two sons who graduated from OP schools and local colleges. I have two wonderful Grandchildren age 2 and 5 and soon a third will be born. I graduated from JU and Nova Southeastern. I recently retired after working 21 yrs with one company and 10 years with another.

Who am I? As for most people, there are a lot of different answers to that question. For the purposes of My Clay Sun, I am a sports writer and photographer. And while that's certainly not nothing, it's not everything, either. A literature professor once told me his theory that at any given time we embody a thousand different "selves." I thought this observation quite astute, since it helped explain a lot of the confusion that goes on in here. Most people tend to define themselves by their past and present, and for retired Supreme Court justices and ex-professional football players, that's a pretty good deal -- though it's also kind of sad to know that what defines you the most is in the past. Fortunately for me, I have no such great claims to the past. Therefore, I will define myself as I think a lot of people would like to define themselves: by their dreams of the future. I used to want to write the great American novel. Now, I think I'd be happy just to read one, and then write a novel that would help pay a few bills. I'd like to explore human consciousness -- mine, to be specific, since it's the only one I can really be certain exists -- and discover new ways of seeing and thinking that will keep me interested in my life and the world for however many years I might be allowed to wander this Earth. I hope that somehow this will help illuminate my life, but more importantly, I hope it can somehow help to illuminate the lives of others as well. Beyond that, a nice bottle of red every now and then, a good steak and potato, and maybe an occasional rousing set of doubles with a few precisely placed passing shots down the line would be nice. Ah, there it is: I'm a tennis-playing glutton. Office 904.366.6375 Send Bill an e-mail

I've been a Florida Times-Union reporter since 1994. I love meeting new people, telling their stories and being able to shed light on good things happening in the community. I also love quirky or unusual stories. I live in the traffic-burdened, growing metropolis near Argyle Elementary School. My husband, Gerry, is a Forrest High School teacher, and our two children are Nichole, 12, and Brady, 5. I joined the Clay County Line in 2002 to be closer to home. The First Coast is home for me. My parents, two sisters and brother all live here with their families. Office 904.366.6374 Send Mary an e-mail

I HAVE BEEN A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER SINCE THE YEAR 1998 AND I AM ALSO A MOTHER OF 2, GRANNY OF 3 AND I AM CONTINOUSLY TRYING TO MAKE PARENTS AND KIDS WORK TOGETHER TO KEEP SAFE. I TRY TO TALK TO THE KIDS AT THE SCHOOL IN THE CITY WHERE I WORK ALL THE TIME, TRYING TO KEEP THEM SAFE AND AWARE OF THEIR SORROUNDINGS. I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT KIDS "DO" LISTEN! EVEN IF THEY SEEM DISTRACTED AND NOT INTERESTED ON WHAT YOU ARE TELLING THEM, THEY DO "STORAGE" WHAT THEY HEAR "SOMEWHERE" IN THEIR HEADS. THIS MEANS THAT MAYBE ONE DAY THEY WILL BE ABLE TO USE ALL THE INFORMATION YOU AND ME GAVE THEM TO SAVE THEIR LIVES. I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT IF AT LEAST ONE CHILD CAN BE SAVED FROM PREDATORS BECAUSE OF ALL THESE WARNINGS AND ADVISES WE GIVE THEM, ALL OUR EFFORT WILL BE WORTH. PLEASE, TALK TO YOUR KIDS... THEY ARE LISTENING!

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