John J. Hart worked as a private investigator in New York for close to twenty years, providing a good background for digging into a subject with objectivity and producing clear information. After moving with his family to West Virginia, he started Little Flower Farm, a honey production business.

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He later founded Wild Wood of West Virginia a wooden craft business.  For most of the 80s and 90s these moving sculptures in wood were sold all over the country and, eventually, beyond. His designs have been featured in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC.  

 

Wild Wood began with a 12" desktop rocking horse named "Laura's Lady" sporting a brisk clippety-clop sound when it was rocked. These original designs eventually expanded to include 8" versions in sports, medicine, and professions intended as toys for grownups to enjoy on a desk or bookcase. They were made in West Virginia by his sons.

 

Imports, glutting the market at unbeatable prices, eventually put Wild Wood and other American made crafts out of business.

 

 

And before his death in 2015, in "retirement," writing romantic novels with a serious twist, Hart explored cults, their history, and how they line up with Christianity, which kept life interesting. Hart enjoyed discovering life's surprises with his wife Patsy and their family.