Hi! Thanks for taking a moment to get to know me a little better.

So where to start? Well I'm an adult male, 40 years old, happily married for going on a dozen years, living near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with my dear and loving unicorn Silaria who does her best to keep me under hoof and out of trouble. I work as an architectural designer for a large engineering firm in the city of Pittsburgh. When I'm not designing and managing multi-million dollar construction projects, I'm a volunteer fireman, department secretary and training officer for the Aspinwall Volunteer Fire Department in the Borough of Aspinwall. I've been working in the architectural field for the last 17 years and have been a firefighter and emergency responder for 20 years.

I have two dogs who are a big part of my life and my family. Melody is my girl. She's a pure-bred Finnish Spitz who I acquired when she was a year old back in 1994. Edan is my wife's new man and they're working hard together in obedience and agility training. Candy, our female malamute shelter rescue has preceeded us into the next life in 2006. There are a few pics of Mel and Candy out in the Gallery section of the website.

My wife and I are avid role playing gamers. We've been indulging in Dungeons and Dragon's gaming since we met in college in the late 80's. Since then we've picked up on games like StarWars, IronClaw, ShadowRun, Teen-aged Mutant Ninja Turtles and White Wolf game systems. Recently, we've become Looney Lab Demo Rabbits and we actively market Looney Lab's card and pyramid games like Fluxx and Chrononauts and Treehouse and Martian Coasters. Other hobbies include travelling, sailing, camping, hiking, backpacking, writing, photography, astronomy, and NASCAR just to name a few.

I've been involved in the Furry Fandom since my introduction to Alt.Lifestyles.Furry back in 1997. My species is the cross fox variant of the red fox. For me my connection to Fox is a spiritual one. A mix of Shamanism and Totemism, Fox is my current spirit guide. It took a couple years to get the nerve to actually attend my first furry con, but in 1999 I attended Anthrocon at the Hilton in King of Prussia, PA. Since then, I've been to every AC since and have added MidWest FurFest and Morphicon to the list of conventions. I'm an avid fursuiter, having built my first costume around a Lyonshel prosthetic dalmatian mask and my original issue firefighting gear. I built the costume to promote fire safety with the fire department I belong to and also shared it with the furry community for three years at Anthrocon. Since getting my paws wet I have since acquired three other partial suits to bring Rocky, the white husky, Safety, the Firefighter Fox, and most recently Ashes v.2 into existance. I'm a prolific writer and have several stories available to read here on this site. I've also made efforts to improve upon my artistic style which may be found by visiting my FurAffinity Gallery.

Giving back to the furry community which has brought me so much joy and friendship, I have been hosting a gaggle of local furry gatherings since 2000. The largest of these are the Western Pennsylvania Furry Weekend, held Columbus Day weekend in October, and, Furst Night on New Year's Eve. For more information on these and other local events please check the links on my homepage.

I'm also a Furry AgePlayer, better know as a Babyfur. Yep, a good part of my persona is a baby kitsune or fox kit I've been indulging in ageplay since I was ten. When I discovered that others shared my passion for regression at age 25 I was able to begin a long period of healing and self acceptance. AgePlay and regression give me a chance to unwind for a few hours and allow the stresses which build up from work and everyday occurances to melt away and I'm left renewed and refreshed when my "little time" is finished. I've had a large influence over the development and direction of the Babyfur community since it's leap into the Furry Fandom in 2000 and moderate several mailing lists, communities and forums pertaining to this interest. Since 1997, I've been coordinating and hosting AgePlay/Babyfur events. The two current AgePlay/Babyfur events are held each year on the Saturday immediately following Easter, Spring Fling Party & Egg Hunt, and Halloween, the Halloween Costume Party. For more information on these events please check the links on my homepage.

Thanks for stopping by. If I've piqued your interest, feel free to visit my Live Journal under the name "swift_fox" and read about my day to day musings or e-mail me at swift(at)swiftsden.net. There's so much more to tell, but this will do for giving you, my visitor, a small look into who I am and what I'm about.