Trae prefers traditional ways of life and resists fashionable trends that do not last. He served six years as an Army Logistics officer, mushed sled dogs in Alaska, taught in coeducational and boys’ schools, served as Dean of Students at Magdalen College of the Liberal Arts and as Director of Residence Life at Belmont Abbey College. The Bailey family of eight enjoys cooking apple butter outside in a large copper pot and hosting literary dinners and folk/classical music events.