In my retirement I continue to be a regional reviewer for the Flora of North America Project.

My final projects were the Atlas of the Flora of New England with Dr. David E. Boufford, Vascular Flora of Concord, Massachusetts, Thoreau Place Names and Pronunciation of Plant Names of New England Genera and Families. These and other references I have created can be found at: https://archive.org/details/@ray-a.

My lovely wife, Erika, is a nature artist and local edible mushroom expert.