Writer, always, working almost full-time, finally! at finishing a couple of books right now. Lucky enough to have a partner who has always supported me as long as I did what made me happy...his only criteria.:-)

Before that, mom since I was 17 and all that entails through three great kids, pharmacy clerk, health & beauty aides dept. manager, certified nurses' aid, emergency medical technician, radio advertising "account executive," *bg*, radio credit & collections manager, owned a pseudo-ad agency with a partner back East, sold specialty ad products (oh, all that PLASTIC!), BEST job back East was as assist. to the dir. of development for a center for the arts (great music!!), and, through it all, for about 25 years, chief promoter, booking agent, sounding board, therapist, soloist, copyist, editor, page-turner, hand-holder to my brother, the classical composer and pianist. It was just like having another kid, as he lived with us for 9 of those years!

Now? I feel kind of lazy if I don't put in several hours at writing, but I am the type of person who enjoys variety, so I am getting ready to get a small counter-top kiln so that I can practise at ceramic tile-making which I love doing. And, I play dulcimer, pluck a little psaltery and need to practice up my fiddle, and I sing. Oh, and, like Joe Offer, I consider my volunteer joecloning to be a part-time job which I dearly love and feel privileged to experience.