Five Things Most People Don’t Know About Me:

1. I moved to Colorado in 1983 when my plans to move to New York fell through. It was a fluke of happenstance I have never regretted. Who can argue with fate giving me the ability to open my front door and see the Rocky Mountains every morning?

2. My initial “real world jobs” included business administration, government bid writing, a great career as a purchasing agent, newsletter writing and catalog editing, even work as an independent consultant and an antique dealer. One of my earliest jobs afforded me the opportunity to dine with President Gerald R. Ford. He gave a nice business focused speech in Aspen, but what I remember the most was the secret service agents. Have you ever seen those guys eat? What appetites! Hey, it takes a lot of energy to guard a President, right?

3. I edited and published an indie zine back in the 90’s named “The Side View.” It was distributed mostly in Denver at local bookstores and mailed to various subscribers around the country. “The Side View” featured poetry, photography, drawings, concert reviews, comic strips, and mail art. Ah, mail art. I have a lovely collection of it that I will never part with.

4. I am an avid supporter of cyber schooling from elementary to university. Now cyber schooling (aka online home schooling) may sound like some act of academic torture only chosen by the fringes of the religious right, but for our family it has been the best possible alternative schooling method for our children’s needs. We chose it purely because it was the best academic choice for our kids.

5. I have two fanatical obsessions. So, if you are an editor looking for a writer to complete a book from a completely new perspective about the great Pablo Picasso or the fecund Anaïs Nin, then I’m your girl! Picasso and Nin are two historical figures in art and writing that the everyday Joe still needs to know more about. I can have my bags packed by tonight to start researching just as soon as you next day air me my advance for expenses, deal?