If you are a writer, a poet, quiet despair screams in my ears if I am not writing. Words roll around in my head. I notice quilts, a tumbleweed dancing across the road in front of me, or a marble laying by the step in an old homestead and all of a sudden, I hear the start of a poem or a story.
But I push writing to the back burner–many of life’s demands crowd out the time I have set aside to write. Who’s to blame? When I was working, I had an excuse. Now retired, I have no excuse.
Why do I do this? Why do I avoid the very activity that breathes oxygen into my spirit.
I have to write; the need is as strong as food or drink, but then I get busy and don’t. The result is starvation of my soul!
Today I am writing–sitting at a coffee house in Cedar Crest, NM after an energetic Zumba class. I sip on a Peppermint Mocha and breathe deeply. I started a new poem about quilts. I am revising and editing my book about grief.
The words tumble out–and the world is right! Sweet and serene!
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I am a self-published author with 4 books:
This Tumbleweed Landed,
When Will Papa Get Home?
Let Me Tell You a Story
A Time to Grow Up: A Daughter’s Grief Memoir
And a 3 Cookbooks Series
From Grannie's Kitchen, Volume 1 -- Pies, Cakes & Christmas Candy, 2014
From Grannie's Kitchen, Volume 2 -- Beverages, Bread, Cookies, Meats, Vegetables, Mis. & Records of a Rancher's Wife, 2015
From Grannie's Kitchen, Volume 3 -- Casseroles, Mexican Dishes, Relish, Sandwiches, Salads & Desserts
I am a retired teacher. I taught middle school for 20 years and then worked at the district level for 7 years.
I love to write, read, dance and travel. Computers are also a passion of mine.
My brother and I inherited our family ranch five years ago, so I am now a ranch manager!
My new writing project is a biography of Marshall Flippo, a 91-year-old world renowned square dance caller. Flippo recently passed away. I have over 40 hours of recorded interviews with him that will be the basis of his biography
I am also working on a women's fiction and a poetry collection. Retirement is great!
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