: About Me

My formal education began when I was five years old. I attended first and second grade at an old schoolhouse in West Virginia, and was taught to read and write by the same school marm who schooled my father. I grew up - for the most part - in the Orient and I was schooled by a Chinese Tutor - to speak, read and write in Mandarin. I enjoy good memories of childhood often - and, I like to bake and garden. I graduated from High School in '69 and went on to receive certification as a stenographer that same year.

My passion is ...

Writing and Creative Dancing

I know too much about ...

the deep and shallow waters

My parents always told me ...

Do the right thing, and - if you take care of your things, you will always have nice things.

My childhood ambition ...

was to be a dancer

My favorite memory ...

Studying Ballet at the Minnesota Dance Theatre

Why I write ...

To excercise and expand my mind and my horizons.

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

I listen to Classic Rock and Instrumental or Classical Music

My first job ...

I worked in a donut shop for $1.00 per hour in 1969

My best moment ...

Upon Awakening...

My inspiration ...

God

Religion & Spirituality > Christian Beliefs & Culture Why taking action works better than waiting for the world to change

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THE EMPTY HANDED LEAP OF FAITH There was once a very stately frog that lived alone in a most beautiful pond, abudant with all good things of substinance. His happiness with his situation was unsurpassed, save for his yet-to-be fulfilled lifetime dream of one day siring a multitude of tiny, stateley tadpoles. He had long decided to make ths particular pond his home for life, and further, if he would be so blessed, he vowed that he would leave his pond as a legacy to his offspring. Sorrowfully, on this particular cold and darkened day, utterly lost and encompassed by a fog so thick, it cause...

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