One of Hollywood's most notorious bad guys has a real Wolf Connection.
VERNON: We are sitting on a mountain at Wolf Connection in Aqua Dulce, California, surrounded by seven wolves and wolfdogs who are having a ball in the sunshine. It’s the most amazing feeling being with these incredible animals, and I feel privileged to be here with Wolf Connection's Teo Alfero. Teo is my hero because, not only does he spend his life working closely with one of the most fascinating creatures in the world, but he also finds the time and energy to dedicate to a special program he has developed working with at-risk youth to keep them from falling prey to gangs and drugs, showing them there’s a better way. So without further ado, in one sentence, Teo, define yourself for me. TEO: First off, I think that was the most magnificent introduction I ever got. [LAUGHS] Can you say that again?
VERNON: We’ll send it to you…
TEO: Yes, please. Define Teo in one sentence: I’m on this planet to be of service to the next generation. That’s it.
[WOLVES FIGHTING]
VERNON: There is a slight confrontation going on between the resident pack. We are surrounded by them and they are having a little bit of a tussle.
[TEO INTERVENES AND CALMS THEM DOWN]TEO: They were fighting over a hole in the ground that they like to curl up in. They have so many holes.
VERNON: They were trying to kill each other over a hole! They’re just like people.
[LAUGHTER]
[A WOLF SITS NEXT TO VERN AND EXTENDS A PAW]
VERNON: Oh, you want to be friends now, shake hands? I’m shaking hands with a wolf! OK! First and foremost, I want to express that Wolf Connection is a non-profit organization, and what we're hoping to do with this interview is raise awareness and hopefully some support. How did Wolf Connection come about?
TEO: Well, as well as working with kids about eight or nine years ago, I worked with mountain lions. I was volunteering at another organization and I really fell in love with wild animals. A few years ago I adopted Tala, one of the hybrids roaming around here, and I began looking for — I was looking for two things. I was looking for a play partner for Tala, and I was looking for an edge to my youth program. I was doing my youth program mostly outdoors and utilizing climbing, but I wanted something else and I couldn’t put my finger on it. I saw a picture of a wolfdog for adoption here at Villalobos Rescue Center. I came in one day to look at this animal. They gave me a tour, and all of a sudden, I found 20-some wolves that were really only fed and watered, but that was it. They had no facility, no training. They had just come temporarily from a sanctuary that closed down and they were in dire condition. My heart reached out to them and I couldn’t leave. I didn’t realize, at that point, that this was the answer to what I was looking for.
I started coming in regularly by myself and working with all of them. So imagine, if you can picture it, coming at 9:00 AM until 3:00 PM, just me running up and down the hill with two at a time like a maniac. I mean, some days I couldn’t even get in my car I was so dizzy from being so tired. Some wouldn’t accept the leash, so I had to work with them on that. This puppy (referring to Moon Shadow, a beautiful, dark brown, wolf/malamute hybrid) was a monumental thing. Brother! They pulled like a train and were very unruly. Slowly, I began looking inside of myself and I realized, hey, you know, I can bring the kids here and help them work on self-esteem and trust issues. Let them have this direct experience with these animals that are so connected to the land, to the planet, and so in balance with the environment. It could be a great teaching tool. Soon, I did my first event -- my first hike-with-wolves event. To my surprise, because of Facebook and other media, I had 40 people show up out of the blue, people I didn’t know.
That’s where the volunteer program began. Some of the people who came to the event decided to come and help me out and learn about the animals. Eventually, I ran into another one of my key volunteers, Renee, at a local restaurant while I was having a meal with a couple of the animals. She said, “I have to come and help you.” And she came, and she invited two of her closest friends, Dani and Drew, and they began coming shortly after her. Now they are my super trustworthy staff. They’re here rain or shine taking care of the animals and are super knowledgeable. So slowly, a beautiful team of people developed and here we are. I mean, really, I met these animals about seven, eight months ago, so all you see now has been developed within the last five or six months.
VERNON: You have had quite an interesting life that has brought you here, beginning with growing up in South America.
TEO: I have an amazing family, and they really support me in anything I’ve done. I’m an out-of-the-box kind of guy. It was always about sports, about fresh air, and the outdoors for me. I used to go camping with my dad. That’s where I found my inspiration. I joined the Army for three years, became an infantry soldier and then a shooter, a sniper. I don’t know, I kind of enjoyed crawling in the bush and just being there. Then I went into mountaineering. I led expeditions up to 22,000 feet of elevation, and that was the magic for me. I also began working with kids and loved it.
I think I got that from my family, too. My mother’s a 30-year school principal. My grandmother’s a teacher. My great-grandfather was a congressman in Argentina who actually wrote a couple of education laws for the country, including the home schooling law. I think that it runs in the family, this thing about serving the next generation, plus my whole family had an Italian upbringing. You know, for Italians, it’s all about eating and kids and cars. I moved to the U.S. about 11 years ago and have pretty much kept
doing the same thing.
VERNON: Tell us about your youth program.
That’s where the volunteer program began. Some of the people who came to the event decided to come and help me out and learn about the animals. Eventually, I ran into another one of my key volunteers, Renee, at a local restaurant while I was having a meal with a couple of the animals. She said, “I have to come and help you.” And she came, and she invited two of her closest friends, Dani and Drew, and they began coming shortly after her. Now they are my super trustworthy staff. They’re here rain or shine taking care of the animals and are super knowledgeable. So slowly, a beautiful team of people developed and here we are. I mean, really, I met these animals about seven, eight months ago, so all you see now has been developed within the last five or six months.
VERNON: You have had quite an interesting life that has brought you here, beginning with growing up in South America.
TEO: I have an amazing family, and they really support me in anything I’ve done. I’m an out-of-the-box kind of guy. It was always about sports, about fresh air, and the outdoors for me. I used to go camping with my dad. That’s where I found my inspiration. I joined the Army for three years, became an infantry soldier and then a shooter, a sniper. I don’t know, I kind of enjoyed crawling in the bush and just being there. Then I went into mountaineering. I led expeditions up to 22,000 feet of elevation, and that was the magic for me. I also began working with kids and loved it.
I think I got that from my family, too. My mother’s a 30-year school principal. My grandmother’s a teacher. My great-grandfather was a congressman in Argentina who actually wrote a couple of education laws for the country, including the home schooling law. I think that it runs in the family, this thing about serving the next generation, plus my whole family had an Italian upbringing. You know, for Italians, it’s all about eating and kids and cars. I moved to the U.S. about 11 years ago and have pretty much kept
doing the same thing. VERNON: Tell us about your youth program.
TEO: It's a youth empowerment program I call Teen Re-Evolution and www.teenreevolution.com where I coach kids one-on-one. However, those two and Wolf Connection are merging into one single program because I really see the benefit of the kids working with the animals, unless the kid I’m working with is really afraid of canines. Otherwise, I always introduce the kids to them because it helps to show them there's a world of possibilities for them out there.
VERNON: So the whole essence of the youth program is to take at-risk youth and empower them with more confidence in who they are and what they can achieve?
TEO: Well, that has been evolving considerably because, at one end of the spectrum, we work with foster care kids. Some have family therapy sessions where they bring their kids to work with the animals. Some are more mistreated and what are normally called "at-risk" youth. At the other end of the spectrum are the ones nobody considers at-risk, but for me they are truly the ones at-risk — the spoiled brats.
VERNON: [LAUGHS] Oh, good, a place for Paula!
[PAULA SCOFFS]
TEO: Rich kids that think everything should be given to them. Some of them are from Hollywood celebrity families or high-powered agents, and the kids have always had everything. So that, I believe, is a very high risk population because they grow up learning not to appreciate anything. They aren't given the tools they need to really deal with life and are without a lot of resources. It’s very easy for them to get into drugs, to get into any kind of criminal behavior just out of boredom.
VERNON: They’re just like a wild wolf. They have no boundaries. They consider everything to be theirs.
TEO: Yeah. But here’s the other side of this picture: These kids, because of the family they belong to, if they begin to realize what life is really about, have the possibility of impacting tons of other people. Some of these guys might head a family company. They will be in charge of hundreds of employees, if not thousands. Some of them will grow to up be actors who really have the opportunity to send a huge message to a lot of people in a very short period of time. So these guys need to have their heads straight so the message is a straight message. Otherwise, the message they send is, oh, let’s play, and let’s get laid, and that’s what life is about. Let’s get naughty and, if you’re not naughty, you’re boring. You know what I mean? So that’s what I’m dealing with.
VERNON: I think what you’re doing is amazing. I’m totally in awe of you and what you're doing here. One of the interesting things I've discovered in the times I've spent up here with Wolf Connection is that the wolves treat you as an equal – as one of them – unless you behave like an idiot when you’re around them. They have respect for you. They’re kind and gentle. I talk to people now: “Oh yeah, we’re walking with wolfdogs. We do all these amazing things with wolves and wolf hybrids.” And they’re like, “Oh, you’ve got to be kidding. You’re with wolves? Aren't they dangerous? Don’t they try to bite you?"
PAULA: I had a friend the other day say, “Uh, do you like having a face?” when he saw the picture of one of them licking me.
VERNON: Yeah, I guess it’s the way we’re brought up, as you were saying with the kids. People are brought up with these ingrained attitudes and that’s what they live by, which I feel is really a shame.
[PAULA TRYING TO INTERJECT]
VERNON: Nobody asked you… She’s here again. Remember on the last interview? Paula, dear God, I can’t get away from her.
[LAUGHTER]
VERNON: All right, I’ll let Paula ask her question.
PAULA: And maybe I was being distracted by a wolf and you asked this question already because they’re pretty distracting and you kind of get sucked into being with them. But where do the rescues generally come from?
TEO: Well, all these animals have been bred in captivity and raised to become house pets. Unfortunately, there is a whole business around that because they’re so good looking. And if they are good looking as adults, you should see the puppies. The puppies are the most adorable, to-die-for things you will ever see. But then they grow up to become like Rocky here: 120, 130 pounds, almost six feet tall on two legs, and can clear six-foot fences and chew through your dining table in an afternoon. And so it’s not fun anymore, and people don't know what to do with them. There’s not enough education and time and training, so they end up being dumped at local shelters or, in a best case scenario, we get a call — which we don’t get that often. We mostly get calls from shelters or rescuers that drive around picking up these animals and then bringing them to facilities like this. In the case of these animals in particular, the vast majority come from the sanctuary I told you about that closed down in Mojave a couple of years ago. Most of these guys were part of that sanctuary.
VERNON: And the breeds you have here, you have Gray Wolves?
TEO: I have a Gray Wolf, I have an Arctic Wolf and then I have a whole variety of mixes, which come from high-content mixes to low-content mixes. These animals are mixed mostly with the Alaskan Malamute or Siberian Husky. Some of them are Shepherds. I would also like to say that some of the low-content ones are available for adoption to the right family. In order to adopt, people must come and learn about the animals first and learn how to care for and handle them before I actually release that animal to the family. But I’m looking to adopt a few of them out because there are some higher content wolves that need homes right now, and I don’t have enough room for them.
VERNON: Then we’ll definitely have that put out there…
PAULA: Do you spay and neuter them?
TEO: Yeah, by law, all the animals that are rescued must be.
VERNON: How much does it cost you to feed all these wolves?
TEO: Well, it varies because we have some donations from food companies. If we run out of donations, it costs about $1,000 a month in dog food. Before it used to be like $1,600, but we are working with food companies to get some wholesale prices and things like that, so it’s helping. Right now we’re enjoying a donation from NUTRO. So for the last several weeks, we have no cost on food, but we’re always planning ahead.
VERNON: So the whole essence of the youth program is to take at-risk youth and empower them with more confidence in who they are and what they can achieve?
TEO: Well, that has been evolving considerably because, at one end of the spectrum, we work with foster care kids. Some have family therapy sessions where they bring their kids to work with the animals. Some are more mistreated and what are normally called "at-risk" youth. At the other end of the spectrum are the ones nobody considers at-risk, but for me they are truly the ones at-risk — the spoiled brats.
VERNON: [LAUGHS] Oh, good, a place for Paula!
[PAULA SCOFFS]
TEO: Rich kids that think everything should be given to them. Some of them are from Hollywood celebrity families or high-powered agents, and the kids have always had everything. So that, I believe, is a very high risk population because they grow up learning not to appreciate anything. They aren't given the tools they need to really deal with life and are without a lot of resources. It’s very easy for them to get into drugs, to get into any kind of criminal behavior just out of boredom.
VERNON: They’re just like a wild wolf. They have no boundaries. They consider everything to be theirs.
TEO: Yeah. But here’s the other side of this picture: These kids, because of the family they belong to, if they begin to realize what life is really about, have the possibility of impacting tons of other people. Some of these guys might head a family company. They will be in charge of hundreds of employees, if not thousands. Some of them will grow to up be actors who really have the opportunity to send a huge message to a lot of people in a very short period of time. So these guys need to have their heads straight so the message is a straight message. Otherwise, the message they send is, oh, let’s play, and let’s get laid, and that’s what life is about. Let’s get naughty and, if you’re not naughty, you’re boring. You know what I mean? So that’s what I’m dealing with.
VERNON: I think what you’re doing is amazing. I’m totally in awe of you and what you're doing here. One of the interesting things I've discovered in the times I've spent up here with Wolf Connection is that the wolves treat you as an equal – as one of them – unless you behave like an idiot when you’re around them. They have respect for you. They’re kind and gentle. I talk to people now: “Oh yeah, we’re walking with wolfdogs. We do all these amazing things with wolves and wolf hybrids.” And they’re like, “Oh, you’ve got to be kidding. You’re with wolves? Aren't they dangerous? Don’t they try to bite you?"
PAULA: I had a friend the other day say, “Uh, do you like having a face?” when he saw the picture of one of them licking me.VERNON: Yeah, I guess it’s the way we’re brought up, as you were saying with the kids. People are brought up with these ingrained attitudes and that’s what they live by, which I feel is really a shame.
[PAULA TRYING TO INTERJECT]
VERNON: Nobody asked you… She’s here again. Remember on the last interview? Paula, dear God, I can’t get away from her.
[LAUGHTER]
VERNON: All right, I’ll let Paula ask her question.
PAULA: And maybe I was being distracted by a wolf and you asked this question already because they’re pretty distracting and you kind of get sucked into being with them. But where do the rescues generally come from?
TEO: Well, all these animals have been bred in captivity and raised to become house pets. Unfortunately, there is a whole business around that because they’re so good looking. And if they are good looking as adults, you should see the puppies. The puppies are the most adorable, to-die-for things you will ever see. But then they grow up to become like Rocky here: 120, 130 pounds, almost six feet tall on two legs, and can clear six-foot fences and chew through your dining table in an afternoon. And so it’s not fun anymore, and people don't know what to do with them. There’s not enough education and time and training, so they end up being dumped at local shelters or, in a best case scenario, we get a call — which we don’t get that often. We mostly get calls from shelters or rescuers that drive around picking up these animals and then bringing them to facilities like this. In the case of these animals in particular, the vast majority come from the sanctuary I told you about that closed down in Mojave a couple of years ago. Most of these guys were part of that sanctuary.
VERNON: And the breeds you have here, you have Gray Wolves?TEO: I have a Gray Wolf, I have an Arctic Wolf and then I have a whole variety of mixes, which come from high-content mixes to low-content mixes. These animals are mixed mostly with the Alaskan Malamute or Siberian Husky. Some of them are Shepherds. I would also like to say that some of the low-content ones are available for adoption to the right family. In order to adopt, people must come and learn about the animals first and learn how to care for and handle them before I actually release that animal to the family. But I’m looking to adopt a few of them out because there are some higher content wolves that need homes right now, and I don’t have enough room for them.
VERNON: Then we’ll definitely have that put out there…
PAULA: Do you spay and neuter them?
TEO: Yeah, by law, all the animals that are rescued must be.
VERNON: How much does it cost you to feed all these wolves?
TEO: Well, it varies because we have some donations from food companies. If we run out of donations, it costs about $1,000 a month in dog food. Before it used to be like $1,600, but we are working with food companies to get some wholesale prices and things like that, so it’s helping. Right now we’re enjoying a donation from NUTRO. So for the last several weeks, we have no cost on food, but we’re always planning ahead.
VERNON: As the organization runs strictly on donations, how do you raise money to keep it going? Do you have fundraisers?
TEO: Yes. One thing we do is, on the last Saturday of every month, we have a hiking-with-wolfdogs event where people can come out and, for $30 a person, they can actually walk up the mountain in the company of around 10 magnificent hybrids on a four-hour hike. It's an amazing experience we enjoy sharing.
Another thing people can do is join us at www.WolfConnection.org, and if they would like to make a donation, we welcome that too. If you go to the website, you’ll see all the details, and you can always send me a message with questions or concerns. One thing that I really want to say is that the main focus of the organization right now is to find somebody with an extra piece of land somewhere where we can actually move these guys. They really need more space, and I’m looking to create a bigger sanctuary. Right now, we are in this small enclosure. It’s about an acre, and I’m looking to create a few of these enclosures so they can roam all day and all night and have room to run around. Also, it will be a place where kids can come for a summer camp type of experience, cook out, sleep over, and have the wolves howling at night. That’s the next step. We got really close to it with a woman who pledged a piece of property in the Frasier Park area, but then she had to back out for personal reasons.
VERNON: So, what, around 10 acres…?
TEO: Ten acres would be ideal. We can get by with six or seven, but 10 acres would be really ideal, so we can have everything in one place.
VERNON: Do you have anything you want to add?
Teo: Yes. Thank you. So why Wolf Connection? I’m really about creating an experience for the general public, creating an experience for kids where they can learn about themselves and about these animals and where I can provide a place to give these animals a happy life.
You know, there’s a lot of material on the website that I’m going to be posting. I’m going to be writing some articles soon and posting them on the website regarding the ancient connection between wolves and dogs and humans. Wolves are the first association that humans made with the animal kingdom between 100,000 and 175,000 years ago. I mean, we were sleeping in the plains, and then we began observing the wolves. We learned a lot from them. The Native Americans call the wolf "the teacher."
Well, this started 100,000 years before the Native Americans; a time where we learned to herd animals like the wolves. We learned to sleep in caves like the wolves. We learned to migrate with our prey from them. We learned to collaborate — wolves have frontal lobe social behavior. They have guided us. So we have learned some of our highest values in society from them — we learned all this from these guys tens of thousands of years ago. So the “Wolf Connection” is this ancient bond for modern times, to reconnect with our origins through these animals that are so evolved. They have the closest social structure to humans in terms of mating for life, how they care for their pups, how they share, how they live in a community, how they protect each other, share risk, care for their wounded, share their food. It’s insane the amount of things that we can learn from these guys. And there’s a lot of monkey behavior in our society so it seems - perhaps these guys can also help us evolve to the next level. So that’s really the purpose of this program. And we’re working with kids because they usually learn faster than adults! [LAUGHS]
VERNON: True.
TEO: One thing about teenagers…they’re still romantic about a better world and about a better place where we can love each other and work together. And if you show them all the possibilities, they may jump into it easier than most adults I know.
VERNON: I agree, totally. I’ve already done a couple of the walks with the wolfdogs, and I will be doing many more, and I know that Paula will. To me, it’s an experience that you just don’t get anywhere else. When you’re with these creatures, you understand where we came from. If you just look into their eyes, the way they look at you — they look at you with this incredible piercing stare. It's as if they can see into your soul — I think they understand more about human nature than we do.
TEO: They do.
VERNON: It has seriously been a pleasure, as it always is —
TEO: No, the pleasure’s been mine, Vernon.
VERNON: I think that, as a society, we owe it to ourselves to look after the things which take us back to what we were and what we should be.
TEO: Yes, thank you so much. I’m really honored and humbled that you guys took the time to come here and spend some time with us. Now, how about a hike?
TEO: Yes. One thing we do is, on the last Saturday of every month, we have a hiking-with-wolfdogs event where people can come out and, for $30 a person, they can actually walk up the mountain in the company of around 10 magnificent hybrids on a four-hour hike. It's an amazing experience we enjoy sharing.
Another thing people can do is join us at www.WolfConnection.org, and if they would like to make a donation, we welcome that too. If you go to the website, you’ll see all the details, and you can always send me a message with questions or concerns. One thing that I really want to say is that the main focus of the organization right now is to find somebody with an extra piece of land somewhere where we can actually move these guys. They really need more space, and I’m looking to create a bigger sanctuary. Right now, we are in this small enclosure. It’s about an acre, and I’m looking to create a few of these enclosures so they can roam all day and all night and have room to run around. Also, it will be a place where kids can come for a summer camp type of experience, cook out, sleep over, and have the wolves howling at night. That’s the next step. We got really close to it with a woman who pledged a piece of property in the Frasier Park area, but then she had to back out for personal reasons.
VERNON: So, what, around 10 acres…?
TEO: Ten acres would be ideal. We can get by with six or seven, but 10 acres would be really ideal, so we can have everything in one place.
VERNON: Do you have anything you want to add?
Teo: Yes. Thank you. So why Wolf Connection? I’m really about creating an experience for the general public, creating an experience for kids where they can learn about themselves and about these animals and where I can provide a place to give these animals a happy life. You know, there’s a lot of material on the website that I’m going to be posting. I’m going to be writing some articles soon and posting them on the website regarding the ancient connection between wolves and dogs and humans. Wolves are the first association that humans made with the animal kingdom between 100,000 and 175,000 years ago. I mean, we were sleeping in the plains, and then we began observing the wolves. We learned a lot from them. The Native Americans call the wolf "the teacher."
Well, this started 100,000 years before the Native Americans; a time where we learned to herd animals like the wolves. We learned to sleep in caves like the wolves. We learned to migrate with our prey from them. We learned to collaborate — wolves have frontal lobe social behavior. They have guided us. So we have learned some of our highest values in society from them — we learned all this from these guys tens of thousands of years ago. So the “Wolf Connection” is this ancient bond for modern times, to reconnect with our origins through these animals that are so evolved. They have the closest social structure to humans in terms of mating for life, how they care for their pups, how they share, how they live in a community, how they protect each other, share risk, care for their wounded, share their food. It’s insane the amount of things that we can learn from these guys. And there’s a lot of monkey behavior in our society so it seems - perhaps these guys can also help us evolve to the next level. So that’s really the purpose of this program. And we’re working with kids because they usually learn faster than adults! [LAUGHS]
VERNON: True.
TEO: One thing about teenagers…they’re still romantic about a better world and about a better place where we can love each other and work together. And if you show them all the possibilities, they may jump into it easier than most adults I know.
VERNON: I agree, totally. I’ve already done a couple of the walks with the wolfdogs, and I will be doing many more, and I know that Paula will. To me, it’s an experience that you just don’t get anywhere else. When you’re with these creatures, you understand where we came from. If you just look into their eyes, the way they look at you — they look at you with this incredible piercing stare. It's as if they can see into your soul — I think they understand more about human nature than we do.
TEO: They do.
VERNON: It has seriously been a pleasure, as it always is —
TEO: No, the pleasure’s been mine, Vernon.
VERNON: I think that, as a society, we owe it to ourselves to look after the things which take us back to what we were and what we should be.
TEO: Yes, thank you so much. I’m really honored and humbled that you guys took the time to come here and spend some time with us. Now, how about a hike?
[END INTERVIEW]
***NOTE: With the exception of two purebred wolves, the rest of the animals at Wolf Connection are hybrid wolves, also known as wolfdogs.
[JUST PLAYING AROUND NOW]
VERNON: Absolutely! But before we do, I have a couple more very important questions for you...If you could be a hamburger—
[LAUGHTER]
VERNON: What kind of hamburger would you be and what would be in it?
TEO: There is a place in West Los Angeles called the Apple Pan that does these hickory burgers which are these humongous, double-sized, with probably close to an inch-thick patty with this sauce that God knows what’s in it, and cheese and pickles and onion, avocado from South America — so we need to have avocado — buns with sesame seeds, a lot of mustard and ketchup, a little mayo — I’m not a mayo-crazy guy. Yeah, that would be it — and two of them.
VERNON: You’d be two of them?
TEO: Yes.
VERNON: Oh, that’s cool. THAT'S a burger! If you could be a color, what color would you be and why?
TEO: Oh, interesting. I would be some shade of blue probably. Some days I can be a light blue, some days I could be more like a purple-blue. Why? I don't know. I think to resonate with it. I mean, I think there’s some correlation with chakras. I’m not sure exactly which those are. I think one has something to do with the heart and the other with the head. Why? I don’t know. It just feels like the color that speaks to me, and maybe the sky and water.
VERNON: If there was anything in your life you could change, what would it be?
TEO: Well, not to brag, but I think I have an amazing life. What would I change? Nothing really comes to mind. Sometimes I wish I would be more outgoing in terms of requesting funds — I mean, sometimes I feel shy about asking for money (for the organization), or I think that the people should just offer if they want to; otherwise, they might feel put on the spot. Sometimes I have mixed feelings about asking for resources, but that has to do with my personality. In terms of my life, I'm happy to report, I wouldn’t change anything. Put it this way: If tomorrow I hit the California Lottery, I would keep doing exactly what I’m doing. I don’t think I would change much. Well, maybe update my car. That would be as far as I would go in terms of spending.VERNON: Great! Now...do I have any more dumb questions?...No...Let's go!
*Photography by James Hundhausen
