: About Me

About me . . .

I prefer solitude to a party, a walk rather than a run, a book to television and my life in color.

My passion is ...

Writing with something to say

I know too much about ...

I don't know too much - I'm still learning!

My parents always told me ...

Pretty is as pretty does

My childhood ambition ...

To write and live in a castle (do both!)

My favorite memory ...

Experiencing true 'love' when my daughter was born

Why I write ...

To inform and to entertain

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Chilly Scenes of Winter/Lehrer Report/Shawn Colvin

My first job ...

Stationary shop clerk

My best moment ...

Seeing my husband's smile for the first time

My inspiration ...

Nature

Politics, News & Issues > Environment (Other) What is more important: Alternative fuels or affordable food?

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In the past, salt, silver and then gold encouraged wars, genocide and invasions by super powers. Hundreds of years from now scholars of history will study us drunk with the power of oil and willing to invade and occupy nations to have our fill. The price and demand of oil controls the prosperity of every citizen whether it is the tragedies in Darfur or the war in Iraq. Alternative fuel threatens the barons and the powerful which is why we are stalled in our ability to move forward. There is too much to lose in the way of power and profit to give a thought to the common good. Those in power...

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