: About Me

I am 53 years old, married, a mother and grandmother, and college student. I also work fulltime as a program assistant in an adult daycare/healthcare facility.

My background is in vocal performance, genealogical research, special education, and working briefly within the judicial system.

My favorite literature is historical and biogrpahical/autobiographical, 20th century poetry, 18th and 19th century American lit, native American and colonial historical and cultural works, and recently, women's studies.

I enojy online gaming, reading old handwriting, gardening, hiking and camping, and playing with my Bloodhound, poodle, jack-russell, and husband. (None of my family lives closer than 800 miles to me.)

My passion is ...

feasting upon life

I know too much about ...

nothing because there is always something new to learn

My parents always told me ...

theyloved me, but... lol

My childhood ambition ...

to sing professionally, get married, have one child, live in a house with a white picket fence, sing professionally, and write, all of which I have

My favorite memory ...

sitting in my great-grandmother's parlor and eating 'ribbon' candy from the dish on her talbe and 'playing' her player piano.

Why I write ...

It gives me pleasure to write about the things I observe around me.

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

schoolwork, geneology, people, photos of my grandchildren, Carly Simon, my husband laugh

My first job ...

summer cashier at a small discount dept store

My best moment ...

loving both my husbands, holding my son for the first time, caling my brothers

My inspiration ...

the love I feel for others I care about, Mame Dennis best quote:"Life is a banquet and most poor bastards are starving to death"

Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Laughter through tears

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Death is not a subject to be taken lightly. There are a lot of people who welcome Death, but laughing is not something I have personally heard much about. The adage "laughing in the face of Death" does not apply to the majority of people I have known who died. Tears are the most common form of expression when someone dies. Tears, wailing, keening, and pining: these are all expressions of the grief and loss that comes with death. Laughter is not one of the keynote emotions when someone dies. By laughter I mean gut-wrenching, howling, Mel Brooks hilarity. But laughter through tears will rema...

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