: About Me

I am 56 years old and have lived in Thailand, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Alaska, and Washington. My education and training is in wildlife biology and forest ecology and I have worked in that field for 35 years. I grew up in the San Juan Islands of Washington State and have sailed throughout Puget Sound, the Gulf Islands of Canada, and Alaska. I am married and have three children, horses, and a little kitty cat.

My passion is ...

Sailing, traveling, riding horses, fishing

I know too much about ...

divorce

My parents always told me ...

they were broke

My childhood ambition ...

to fly an airplane

My favorite memory ...

Family trips

Why I write ...

Express my emotion and learn to organize my thoughts

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

my heart

My first job ...

Hauling hay

My best moment ...

don't know

My inspiration ...

Some of my friends

Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Prom dates from hell

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The Swiss-German Philosopher Friedrick Nietzsche once said, "What doesn't kill us makes us stronger". He was speaking of war and adversity, but he could have been speaking about dating and prom nights. The setting was my junior year in high school. Like many kids my age, I had little to no experience in dating, no girl friend and no idea what was involved in preparing for a prom. Yet, like a first kiss, I felt prom night was one of those "rights of passage" that I had to experience. The first task was to secure a date. My first attempt was aimed at Sally Hendrickson in my journalism class....

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