Carl is a bronze life master in the American Contract Bridge League. He has taught bridge in New Hampshire, and he owns the Dover, New Hampshire, Dubplicate Bridge Club. Carl wrote the popular monthly column the V files for the ACBL Bridge Bulletin. Carl is retired from a 35 year teaching career in the Dover, NH, School system where he taught Honors American Literature. He lives in New Hampshire and in Florida with his favorite bridge partner--his wife, Claudia. His passions are his wife, his children and his grandchilren. His hobbies are golf, writing and playing bridge