: About Me

Hello there!
Allow me to introduce myself:
My name is Diane Burnside and I live in the Oakanogan as a recent empty nester, with my two dogs "Nikita" and "Frodo" , where I spend my leasure time writing and collecting medicinal herbs and wild edibles.
I am a writer a herbalist and I recently survived being a single mother of four!
I have also survived chronic fatiguue syndrome and suffered the loss of people i loved in about as many ways as you can lose someone
All of these things are true of me and yet none of these things define me.
they merely give others something to relate to. .With any luck something that I have been through can be useful in helping someone else. And if that turned out to be the thing that defines me I would not be unhappy,after all having something to strive for gives life meaning!
I spent most of my child hood in and out of hospitals and heavily medicated.
Since physically I was at a disadvantage I spent most of that time thinking,contemplating, and philosophizing and writing it all down in journals,a practice I still keep to this day.The bulk of which is being formed into my first book. - wish me luck and i look forward to reading your work!
- Di-

My passion is ...

writing and herbal medicine

I know too much about ...

being a single mother of four

My parents always told me ...

listen for the ring of truth

My childhood ambition ...

to be a herbalist and to write books that helped people

My favorite memory ...

learning how to make a traditional peace pipe

Why I write ...

for the same reason I breath, to continue being who I am!

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

"Spirit Walker"by Hank Wessleman,"canyon trilogy"R. Carlos Nakai

My first job ...

janitor for Ball Brothers aero-space division

My best moment ...

taming a wild range calf

My inspiration ...

Oprah Winfrey,princess Di, yalana Vanzant

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