: About Me

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I was born in the infamous town of Deadwood, SD. I now live on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The distance between these locations gives a wealth of topics to write about. I have loved to write, mostly essays, since I was a teenager growing up in the also infamous town of Sturgis.

For 13 years we ran a small convienence store where I met many wonderful "characters". Since then, I have worked for the United States Postal Service. in 2006 I was appointed Postmaster at Wounded Knee, SD. People from all around the world would come to my office asking for directions to the famous massacre site. It always surprised me how many refer to it as a "battelfield" To add to the historical content of my life, my grandchildren are direct descendants of Chief Big Foot who was massacred that cold December day in 1890.

My passion is ...

writing

I know too much about ...

the Postal Service

My parents always told me ...

To try hard and be good

My childhood ambition ...

To be a writer

My favorite memory ...

Going to my Grandparents farm

Why I write ...

Because there is some things I want to say.

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

Heartsong of Charging Elk by James Welch

My first job ...

dishwasher

My best moment ...

Giving birth to my three children.

My inspiration ...

My husband, my children, Elizabeth Berg, and R.W. Emerson

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Returning to school after raising a family

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Down Here in the Rut I live in a rut. It's a nice, comfortable rut - but it is still a rut. I go to bed at 9:00. I get up at 4:30. I leave for work at 7:15. I open my office at 8:00. I close my office at 4:30. I arrive home at 5:15. By 9:00, I am back in bed. Didn't I tell you I live in a rut? Long before I got in this rut, I wrote. I still write. Writing is part of who I am. Mostly I write essays; because for some reason, I gather a lot of opinions down here in the rut. Is it because I don't have any other life or am I just talking to myself - on paper? Whatever the reason, I love to writ...

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