: About Me

I love to write, I need to write! I'll write about anything but I want to write about music, fashion or history. I especially love combining the topics. I'm a busy momma who is an aspiring small business woman also. Which really means I'm just some hippie chick who sells homemade jewelry, bags, soap, candles, etc. . . There are so many things I've written that mean so much, all i need is a chance to be published. Articles, essays, poems, short stories, I've done them all.

My passion is ...

writing, reading, crafting and my family.

I know too much about ...

movie stars, musicians, and appalachin history!

My parents always told me ...

Be yourself and you can do anything you want.

My childhood ambition ...

To be a writer/fashion designer/rockstar. I had big dreams!

My favorite memory ...

The firsst time I looked into the eyes of each of my children.

Why I write ...

Because I love it.

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

re-reading Storming Heaven by Denise Giardinia & Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson. watching indie flims and listening to an unexplainable eclectic mix of a million things!

My first job ...

babysitting, for 5 years.

My best moment ...

have a few of those. . .

My inspiration ...

Music, fashion, historty of everyday people. And all my favorite authors, which are too many to mention.

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Hard times

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The Black Death Fire, fire in the hole! Thirty more bite the dust Their last breath of carbon and coal. How many times must the women come? Crying eyes searching for husbands and sons. How many men have to die? While the foreman stands shaking his head, screaming Union! When he's a company spy. Now there are bonuses, benefits, impressive high pay But with pay-rolled safety inspectors, all we do is pray. Fancy memorials and commemorative plaques Won't bring those children's fathers back. But to feed your family, you'll sign the contract. Now there's no work and you've found a new job! But i...

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