Thank you for visiting my Helium page. My passion for writing started when I was in high school and won a nationally run essay contest for my school. The writing came through in letter writing (Back when people still wrote letters). Shortly after my husband and I were married, my mother-in-law wrote a piece of music and asked me to write lyrics for it and I was amazed at how much I loved writing them and very happy when she loved the song lyrics. I spent the next twenty years being a Mom, but joined a writer's group and still plugged away at a mystery novel that received many really great rejection slips. I took a job with two magazines writing book reviews and that was fun - especially when publishers sent me all those free books! I've written interviews and feature articles for "Country Folk Art, Country Collectibles, Western Lifestyles magazine and short stories for GreenPrints and Hydroponics magazines.

My second lofe is photography and painting, mostly watercolors, but I dabble in drawing wiht pastels, graphite and colored pencils. My art is available at the Art At The Market Gallery in Flint, MI and zazzle.com.

Gardening is my favorite hobby and I'm a master gardener, but still can't grow roses.

I'm a Foster Mom for the Havanese puppies rescued from puppy mills.

I believe strongly that the energy you send out influences the energy that comes back to you. That focusing on this life and material possessions is a huge mistake and that reincarnation explains a lot.

My passion is ...

are (?) can't pick just one: writing,painting,family,dog rescue,pets,gardening . . .

I know too much about ...

loss

My parents always told me ...

I'd not amount to much

My childhood ambition ...

To be a famous writer, artist, or star on Guiding Light and/or As The World Turns.

My favorite memory ...

So far watching a sunset on Captiva Island, Florida with my husband,kids and Grandkids.

Why I write ...

It just seems to come out. I write all the time - in my mind - while showering, standing in line, driving -yikes. Many of my stories or articles are 'written' before I sit down to type them up.

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

The Sun Magazine, Elling (great film!) and Dido or Swing Era Music

My first job ...

Cashier in a grocery store

My best moment ...

One (Maybe not the best, the the best in this situation) is seeing my byline for the first time in a national magazine - and many more family related moments!

My inspiration ...

My husband, who is very supportive as well as my kids, grandkids and a teacher who praised my writing. Also, Anne Tyler,Truman Capote,Tennessee Williams,Kandinsky,Leonard Cohen and the list goes on and on. . .

Health & Fitness > Nutrition Basics Checking food contents

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I never read labels until a friend was diagnosed with Celiac Disease. This means that she should never eat wheat products or gluten. I started checking labels with her and was shocked and dismayed at the high amounts of wheat and other 'stuff' is in canned and processed soups, gravies, pudding and condiments.It was quite an eye opener!Ingredients are listed in the order of content. For example, read the ingredients in catsup. How far up or down the list does sugar appear? If it's one of the top two or three ingredients, you're buying a little amount of tomato and a lot of sugar. Well, it ma...

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