: About Me

I am positively middle-aged and gray under this hair-color, which changes monthly or so...I love to write and have been writing since I was in my teens, a great age to start.

Writing is not just something you do for money. It is a labor of love and a gift you both have naturally and are willing to develop.

I have a family and a dog,all of whom I adore. I wish I could paint, actually, but I write poetry on the sly regardless. I have been very involved in the arts and teaching profession all my adult life, but also worked with Japanese companies. I traveled in my youth, and I recommend this to all of you still able to walk 50 miles at a time with a 40 lb backpack/

Go out there. See the world. Experience REAL people in REAL time. Write. Paint. Draw. Take photos...and love your life dearly.

Oh, and I forgot...I was born hearing-impaired. So, if I CAN do what I have done, so can YOU.

My passion is ...

talking with others about their passions....

I know too much about ...

interior decorating since I cannot afford what I want to do with it.

My parents always told me ...

if you don't have anything positive to say, don't say it at all...

My childhood ambition ...

to be a mother and possibly a vet, since I love animals.

My favorite memory ...

the morning I gave birth to my daughter.

Why I write ...

What else is a hearing-impaired bibliophile going to do?

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

our immediate future as it is being determined...

My first job ...

I taught ESOL in Japan when I was eighteen,

My best moment ...

hmmmm. Not sure I want to share this publically.

My inspiration ...

The small moments we have in life, the laughter of my family.

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Hunger

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Hunger The old lay down For the young To have bread. Who will bring The rice, the now rotten wheat, From the field If all of us Are too weak From hunger?

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