: About Me

One of my first scribed stories, "The Man with the Pink and Blue Beard," was about a man with a long white beard too clumsy to avoid a few mishaps with painters on ladders. Hence, he ended up with a face full of colorful whiskers. I was probably eight-years old.

As a teen, I wrote poetry, most related to heartbreak and love, some about social issues. Later as an adult, I have written a few pieces; they have been meaningful to what presents itself on my life's journey.

I was part of the staff for the school papers in journalism classes in Junior High, Senior High, and College. It was by chance that during one of my semesters in college, a local paper, the Daily News Antelope Valley Section; was looking for a student to write a freelance Community Column. I wrote for the Daily News Antelope Valley section for about three years and got to know my community very well.

After relocating I began working at the Daily News Los Angeles simply as an Editorial Assistant and in the first week, the City Editor asked me if I would like to write a Community Column. I spent three years writing my column and a few other pieces for the features section.

I stumbled onto Helium- a close friend keeps annoying me about the fact that I need and should be writing. So here I am today. An opportunity to write and be read by others on Helium? Well YES!

(See my work at http://www.thefreelibrary.com -type diana peyton community columnist in search box. )

My passion is ...

jazz; sax in particular

I know too much about ...

stuff that doesn't matter to most people

My parents always told me ...

keep your eyes an ears open, and you will learn something

My childhood ambition ...

motherhood, writing

My favorite memory ...

far too many good ones to pick the best

Why I write ...

it's in my soul; it's a gift

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

Applied Imagination by Alex E. Osborn, L.H. D./ the book of Exodus

My first job ...

Topper Burger Chalet- drive thru and window person; flipping hamburgers

My best moment ...

(one of my best) My first Column appearing in the L.A. Daily News

My inspiration ...

People who know who they are

Religion & Spirituality > Churches & Organizations In this day and age why go to church

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Go to church because your answer to comfort, security and eternity will not rest in chocolate, whiskey or the latest Academy Award winning movie.We go to church to worship God. Be hungry for truth. Truth is desperately missing from the culture in which we live. Instead we live with relativism; the idea that truth is based on experience, nothing outside myself matters if what I feel tells me otherwise. That could work unless you had a bad pizza last night then chances are, feelings could lead one to the Pepto Bismol. Hardly something on which to base life decisions. Why? Is one of those wor...

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