Jim is a "retired" high school library media specialist. He is a former adjunct associate professor at Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, Mass., and a former reference librarian at a law school. Jim has written Lincoln Park Remembered, a history of a local amusement park.

Jim is also an assistant curator at the Wing Fort House, Sandwich, Massachusetts. The Fort House (1641) has been in the Wing family continuously since 1641.