: About Me

I started writing in 1989 when I took a creative writing class. One of the assignments for the class was to submit an entry to the Bulwer Lytton Fiction Contest where contestants vie to come up with the worst beginning sentence to an imaginary novel. To my utter amazement, I won - proving unequivocally that somebody down there likes me.

Since then I have written avalanches of essays - many of which have been published in the San Jose Mercury News, The San Diego Union Tribune and the Oakland Tribune.

I also write a column for Ladybug Flights Magazine (www.ladybugflights.com) called "All About Me and You . . .Well, Not You.

I get a kick out of writing down thoughts that occur to me as I drift down reality in my inner tube of life and posting them to my website at www.lindavernonhumor.com.

I live in the California gold country with my husband of 34 years, two dogs, two cats and a retired racehorse whom we fondly refer to as Sedentariat.

My passion is ...

Currently it's Henry the VIII, Jane Austen movies and strawberries.

I know too much about ...

vacuuming

My parents always told me ...

Never marry a jockey.

My childhood ambition ...

Not to fall into the Alice in Wonderland hole.

My favorite memory ...

Galloping horses through fields of dirt clods at dusk.

Why I write ...

It's great fun.

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

The Other Boelyn Girl, The Tudors, Grey's Anatomy Soundtrack

My first job ...

Hamburger Flipper

My best moment ...

Meeting my husband and having my kids

My inspiration ...

The book, As a Man Thinketh by James Allen

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Love humor

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A Cold Chill Winter's Day Off the top of my head From the depths of my heart I shoot from the hip When I say That I know you and love you Like the back of my hand On a cold chill winter's day I've got a leg up on love My elbows are greased My eyes are pealed only for you Your skin is as clear as the nose on my face So I'm sorry it's over. We're through.

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