Please excuse the dust, these pages are currently undergoing construction work, and not quite done. The old Impulse Trading Company page is here.

	The Leatherwork Impulse Richard first began crafting leather when he was a teenager. In the '70's, it was his livelihood. Today, it has become a serious hobby again. His recent works can be seen here.
	The Wildflower Impulse The South Yuba River Citizens League (called "Circle") is the River Keepers organization where Richard lives. He is a volunteer River Monitor, and his team makes a monthly hike, year around, to a specific location in the watershed, to do observations, take and test water samples, and report out. His particular assignment, in its fourth year, led to this new and continuing project.
	The Ancestry Impulse In 1996, frustration at not being able to trace his Gorman ancestry backwards, led Richard to trace the origin of the Gorman name forward. What resulted was this essay which, since it was re-posted to the web in 2003, has been visited nearly 10,000 times, and has generated a lot of correspondence. A mix of fact, legend, and fancy, it comes up number 1 or 2 if you Google "Gorman Coat of Arms." Richard is still looking for his Irish roots, on both the Gorman and the Reilley side, but has also collected enough information on his other ancestors that he is committed to posting more of it soon, mainly for the use of his family.

Backword Disclaimers, denials, alibis... Richard creates this site for the amusement of his friends, his family, and himself, because he can.You can write to him here. More excuses later... Evolution is what Creation does.