Kathleen Richardson brings sixty-three years of living into her writing...

She began with a vinyl Ponytail diary locked with a tiny, flat golden key. She progressed to publishing her own neighborhood newspapers in her teens, then went to work writing for a local paper, including a personals column that mirrored the style of her neighborhood newspapers. In those days, personals featured trips and visits of local residents. Kathleen also wrote for her high school newspaper.

Following many years, and intermittent periods of writing, Kathleen approached Gannett's Elmira NY Star Gazette newspaper in mid-2004 to suggest a motivational column (after another local paper turned her down). She was hired to write for the Star Gazette's Health & Fitness magazine and produced monthly columns until late 2008.

The H&F articles evolved from her life experiences and her training as a Life Coach. They included titles such as .. Plan for joy this holiday season * Learn to slow down in a fast paced world * Are your thoughts always on fast forward? * Keep your focus on the big goals * Pay attention to what makes you comfortable * Revive your dreams * Find a new way of looking at problems.

Kathleen was employed as the Volunteer Coordinator at the Southeast Steuben County Library in Corning NY (2001-2008). Included in her VC duties was the publication of a monthly newsletter for volunteers, board members and staff.

She has had a lifetime commitment to volunteering and is currently a non-profit board member.

Officially retired after years of 9-5'ing, Kathleen has begun a new journey in which she is devoting the second half of her life to her writing.

A Helium participant since March 2008, she has sold several Marketplace articles and has placed 2nd and 3rd in four Helium contests.

Kathleen is the creator of three Helium Beta Zones...

Kathleen Richardson's Writer's Zone @ http://www.helium.com/zone/1063-kathleen-richardson-writer-z one

Travel Destination: New York's Southern Tier @ http://www.helium.com/zone/1584-new-york-state-southern-tier

Nonprofits and Volunteers @ http://www.helium.com/zone/2746-nonprofits-and-volunteers

See her blog, On Your Way To The Top: One Woman, Over Sixty, and Her Perspective of Life @ http://coachkathleen.blogspot.com/

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Buying my first house

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I was a builder's daughter who ended up living in rental after rental. By the time I celebrated my thirty-second birthday, I truly believed I'd never own my own home. In the meantime large apartments in old houses were clean and reasonably priced in our village. I loved mowing the big back yard and planting flowers front and back in my latest rental.

I'd worked for the same company for eight years then took two years off after my son's birth. Just before his second birthday, my husband and I split up. Luckily I was able to go back to work at the same company where I paid enough to meet ou...

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