: About Me

I am an original - late blooming baby boomer. My life did not truly begin for me until I was in my late-forties and a full-time college student. My freshman English teacher was the first person to tell me that I had a gift for writing and he encouraged me to pursue it - through my education and beyond. I took his advice.

I earned my living quite well for a few years as a freelance writer; but time spent in pursuing marketing "chores" depleted my creative energies. Now I have a secure day-job and look forward to my evenings and week-ends when I can tap into my creative writing juices.

I am a native Californian although my college years were spent in North Carolina. It was there that I developed an appreciation for rooted lives, but I do believe our California transiency provides a fresher perspective for writing.

My passion is ...

expressing my creativity - in all its multiple facets.

I know too much about ...

my next door neighbor. She gossips about herself.

My parents always told me ...

I was too serious.

My childhood ambition ...

was to be an airline pilot.

My favorite memory ...

Holding my only child right after he was born.

Why I write ...

I paint with words.

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

Ernest Holme's "Creative Mind and Success"

My first job ...

was as a dispatcher for a flight school at the Santa Monica Airport

My best moment ...

was when I "revealed" to TL at our 20-yr high school reunion that I, the sadly quiet girl who sat in front of him in Latin, had a crush on him back then. When the former varsity all-star left that evening he gave me a long lingering kiss and hug - in front of everybody.

My inspiration ...

Love

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The natural look. An image of being clean, fresh, healthy, and carefree. But there's a big difference between the image of a natural look and the reality, especially as we age. Wrinkles tend to come on gradually and we usually tolerate their appearance although we do begin to apply age-defying moisturizers. While going gray naturally sounds like a sweet surrender into those gentle mature years, in reality nothing ages a woman's face faster than letting her hair go gray naturally. Yes, you should color your hair as your age. There are just as many shades of gray as there are skin tones. And...

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