the beginning

I have walked through many lives, some of them my own, and I am not who I was, though some principle of being abides, from which I struggle not to stray. StanleyKunitz

You have to remember that the reason that you started initially working was that there was something inside yourself, that you felt that if you could manifest it in some way, you would understand more about yourself and how you coexist with the rest of society.  David Bowie

If I knew exactly what this was going to be, I'd tell you. But I don’t, so I won’t. I write short-short stories, paint, write and sing music and everything in between all those cracks. I love music, words and pictures.

I am, and have been, a list of things: a kid, a wife, a mother, grandmother, teacher, singer of songs, player of instruments, writer of plays and poems and stories, painter of pictures, winner of awards, a keeper of history.  My work keeps me alive and on the path of curiosity and self-discovery. I would be lost without it. I suppose, in the end, I am a storyteller. But a story is dead without a listener.

And so, dear listener, reader, I hope you will enjoy what you see and hear.  And I hope my work will awaken something in you.  

I am new to Substack, so stay tuned (and be patient) while I figure it out! I will be posting regularly – thoughts, stories (published and unpublished), videos, paintings from today and yesteryear.