: About Me

When I moved to Australia from the US in 1995 I never imagined myself living on a rural property, but here I am living the country life.

I love the Australian bush and have find daily inspiration in the animals and plants that surround me.

I enjoy writing, photography and art and hope to complete my Masters in Contemporary Art within the next year.

My passion is ...

learning

I know too much about ...

welding

My parents always told me ...

artists never make any money

My childhood ambition ...

to be a mermaid

My favorite memory ...

I forgot

Why I write ...

to purge my head

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

Vincent Price films

My first job ...

Arts & crafts teacher for children

My best moment ...

birth (mine)

My inspiration ...

nature

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: My great, true, personal garden story

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Earthly Wonders The box cutter slides like a knife through butter through the packing tape binding the tools together. I grasp the wooden handle of the shovel just released and survey the overgrown vegetable patch, trying to forget the blisters that will soon be forming on my keyboard-soft hands. After a too long winter, spring has finally come and it's time to get dirty and plant a garden. I am ready for the grit under my fingernails and the aches and pains in long forgotten muscles. Gardening and everything that goes with it has been on my mind ever since I moved into this 100-year old A...

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