I was raised in Helena, Montana and graduated school here. I am the first one in my family to attend and graduate from college. I went to art school in Santa Fe. I couldn't decide between being a writer and an artist; I love both words and images.
I enjoy learning about languages. I have studied many other than English, but I am not fluent in any of them. Currently I am studying Irish. Mainly because my Mom was interested because her grandson (my nephew) is half-Irish and speaks some Irish because his father is a teacher of the Irish language. I am also interested because of the folklore and culture involved, and it is a way to connect ...
Bless those folks who have grand visions of what humanity "ought" to be or "should" be, etc. Bless idealists, while visions of sugar plums dance in their heads.
I think humanity is pretty cool, amazing, beautiful, warts and all, but the tipping point is engaged. I love deer, they are supremely beautiful and elegant, but that doesn't negate the lesson of the Kaibab plateau.
Metastatic cancer ...
Been getting a lot of comments along the lines of: why do you want to do that?? Just the general state of everything in the world. The dependency on the electronic world for everything. The realization that everything you do changes how you see and experience the world. Remembering what things were like before all this...both the bad AND the good. The reality with the economy and my ...
