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I'm a writer and an artist. I have a studio in an artist's co-op in Fairhaven, Washington. I've been making art since I was a child, and writing too. Writing only became my serious passion ten years ago. I have an MFA in creative writing now. I draw on my

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Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Sleep: 1 of 5

Reflections: Sleep My husband has night terrors. Neither of us knew that his screams and leaps from bed in the middle of the night where called night terrors. Sometimes his terror has him sitting bolting upright, gasping, sweating, and shaking. I coax him awake, saying everything is okay. He insists they are after him or his...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Things I honestly believe: 5 of 24

I honestly believed women had an extra rib, because God took one from Adam to make Eve. It wasn't until I studied anatomy that I discovered differently. I believed, and I am an honest person although gullible, that the treadle sewing machine gave women varicose veins. That's what my mother had told me. I sewed on a Singer th...
Health & Fitness > Menstruation & Menopause Living life postmenopausal: 2 of 8

Once estrogen becomes less active in the body, a slew of changes take place. Most women who are post menopausal have similar symptoms: hot flashes, night sweats, dry skin, and fuzzy memories. Although some symptoms are uncomfortable, these changes can also bring an abundance of good to your life. Once fear of pregnancy is go...
Arts & Humanities > Artists & Artwork Reflections on the starving artist: 10 of 24

My friend drew me a very funny cartoon once of the starving artist working away in the attic hovel. The room I rent is light an airy, hardly a hovel. In it I paint small abstracts, write and teach art and writing. I call myself an artist/author, which is important. I encourage myself and others to own the title artist: name ...
Arts & Humanities > Writing Process (Other) The expansion technique as applied to written work: 2 of 4

A friend once said you have to open up a poem to improve it. The poem will take on more complexity that way, and often it will veer from the original imagery, which is good. I hadn't ever heard of opening a poem, but I could imagine she meant the same thing my fiction instructor meant when she said, you have to find the plac...
Health & Fitness > General Health (Other) What to expect in chiropractic care: 7 of 8

With rising health costs making it more and more expensive to become ill, keeping the body working efficiently and tuned to its innate ability to organize nerve impulses and find equilibrium in a toxin filled environment, has become more important than ever. Subluxations, or the rotation of a vertebrae, can be found and corr...
Relationships & Family > Couple Communication Red flags in a relationship: 55 of 61

Relationship red flags are easier to recognize than you think. Sometimes negative relational patterns develop over a period of time, especially during stressful times, such as a move, job change, or illness. Certain words or ways of saying things may seem benign to you, but could be hurtful to your mate. Watch how your mate ...
Hobbies & Games > Antiques & Collecting (Other) Book collecting: How to repair a broken book binding: 3 of 3

Here is an easy repair that you can make at home to a book with a broken binding. If the book is covered with book cloth, and the cover along the spine is torn at the bottom and top, cut it in the middle, between the two tears so the spine piece becomes a flap. Now take a piece of bookbinding cloth the same color as the book...