: About Me

A woman of a certain age. I thought I had more time - more time to write, to play, to live. Now I do have time, but it's more along the lines of reflection rather than living. Reflection and the subsequent writing of those reflections can unlock memories, the good and the bad, and lay them out for anyone to see. It's daring but cathartic.

I'm a business and technical writer by trade. Long divorced. Two grown children living in other states. I've become less tolerant in my older years but haven't lost my pratfall sense of humor and zest for life. I enjoy writing essays - or reflections, if that's a better name for them and (somewhat) fictional short stories. I am not as yet a published author, with the exception of one essay, which appeared in The Seattle Times.

My passion is ...

passion

I know too much about ...

life

My parents always told me ...

Sure, you might get "A's" in school, but be a secretary

My childhood ambition ...

Illustrating greeting cards and living in San Francisco

My favorite memory ...

Being madly in love

Why I write ...

Because I have to

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

Reading: "I Feel Bad About My Neck"; Watching: the brilliant "Boston Legal" on ABC; listing to: the sounds of silence.

My first job ...

An usher in a small-town theater

My best moment ...

Making 250 employees laugh and relax after a harrowing executive turnover.

My inspiration ...

Deepak Chopra

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Why Is It? Why is it that fate has failed to connect me with a truly well suited companion? It's a mystery, because my needs are simple. I require just four basic human characteristics: (1) honesty, (2) decency, (3) cleanliness, and (4) intelligence intelligence assuming, among other things, an open and inquisitive mind. I don't mention good looks or wealth, which are nice qualities but, for me, not totally essential. I wonder why so many people on this planet get together with seeming ease and go on to live together in seeming harmony while I haven't even come close. For example: Quite a ...

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