Vance: I bought an old farm in 1988 — it's a gorgeous piece of land — and I've been going out there for a long time, doing a prairie restoration. I've struggled to establish a planting with a lot of biodiversity, which has been much more difficult than I expected. The project has sort of sucked up my life and become an obsession. Jack: Vance's environmentalism always attracted me. I thought of myself as an environmentalist until I met him, but I was just on the outskirts. When we met, he had a tepee on the land. Now we have a cabin. First we built a one-room cabin, then we had two rooms, and now we have four rooms. Vance: I'm a nester, but Jack is good at really making a home. That land is such a big part of my life, having somebody who wants to be there and go through that whole progression with me has been great. We've had a lot of fun. Jack: I really admire Vance's intellect, and he's a great doctor. He could have been making twice as much money, but he chooses to work with the disadvantaged and homeless. How can you not admire someone who helps people get off the streets and get their lives back together?
Together since April 16, 1994