As an elementary educator in years past, Todd spent many hours reading aloud to students in hopes of not just entertaining them but also of instilling in them the love of being lost in a book. As a boy riding horses, Todd often wondered if he had been born a hundred years too late and what it would have been like to cowboy with the likes of C. M. Russell in Montana or with the hands on the King Ranch in Texas. He's realized at least part of that dream by living in Montana, "the last best place."