tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75182854278161824202024-02-25T14:35:22.415-08:00Taking the PlungeRebecca Redshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09771327235096240522noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518285427816182420.post-89535142008747627392014-08-27T17:52:00.000-07:002014-08-27T17:52:47.976-07:00Deborah Rambo Sinn: Pushed Fear Out of the Way<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">
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hint lies in the title of her book, “Playing Beyond the Notes.” Talented, for
sure, Deborah has an air of self-confidence in life often missing in gifted
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<st1:personname><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Deborah Rambo Sinn</span></st1:personname><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> has given concerts and master
classes on four continents and has taught students from more than 14 different
countries. From 1996-2001, she lived in </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Hamburg</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Germany</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> where she played concerts and
musicals and operated two music studios for coaching and private
instruction. In 1990, her piano/cello duo was invited by the government
of Mainland </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">China</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> to give concerts and master
classes in four major cities. In addition to a lifetime of playing
classical music, she has played for productions of <i>Little Shop of Horrors</i>,
<i>Cats</i>, <i>Phantom of the Opera</i>, <i>Wizard of</i> <i>Oz</i>, and <i>Mikado</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">She holds a doctorate and master’s degree in music from </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Indiana</span></st1:placename><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">University</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">, where she studied with Menahem
Pressler (Beaux Arts Trio) and James Tocco. Her bachelor’s degree in
music is from </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Florida</span></st1:placename><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">State</span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">University</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">. Before moving to </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Germany</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">, she served on the music faculty
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Universität Lüneburg (</span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Germany</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">) as an exchange professor.
In 2004, she founded the Olympic Music School in </span><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Sequim</span></st1:city><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">, </span><st1:state><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Washington</span></st1:state></st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">. Most recently, she can be seen
onstage and in the classroom with violinist Monique Mead from </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Carnegie</span></st1:placename><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><st1:placename><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Mellon</span></st1:placename><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">University</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">. The duo appears regularly as musicians
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Dr. Sinn is the author of <u>Playing Beyond the Notes: A Pianist’s
Guide to Musical Interpretation</u>, published by Oxford University Press in
2013 and is currently working on two additional books. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.playingbeyondthenotes.com/">www.PlayingBeyondtheNotes.com</a> (blog on music interpretation)</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.deborahrambosinn.com/">www.DeborahRamboSinn.com</a> (professional)</span></b></div>
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Rebecca Redshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09771327235096240522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518285427816182420.post-23967704171377995472014-08-06T09:43:00.000-07:002014-08-06T09:43:34.040-07:00Brenda Webster - Painting with Words <div class="MsoNormal">
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"> Brenda Webster was born in </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">New York City</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">, educated at Swarthmore, Barnard, </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">Columbia</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">, and </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">Berkeley</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">, where she
earned her Ph.D. A top-rated author on Redroom.com, she is a novelist,
freelance writer, playwright, critic and translator who splits her time between
</span><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">Berkeley</span></st1:city><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">, </span><st1:state><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">California</span></st1:state></st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"> and </span><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">Rome</span></st1:city><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">, </span><st1:country-region><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">Italy</span></st1:country-region></st1:place></i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><i>. For many years she has been President of PEN West American
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finalist for the </span></i><st1:place><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">Northern California</span></i></st1:place><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"> Book Award), and </span></i><st1:city><st1:place><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">VIENNA</span></i></st1:place></st1:city><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"> TRIANGLE (Wings Press,
2009). Her new play, THE MURDER TRIAL OF SIGMUND FREUD, was inspired by
VIENNA TRIANGLE but goes beyond the story of Tausk and Freud to chronicle the
latter's relationships with women patients, disciples, and his family. It
was written in collaboration with Meridee Stein, who conceived the idea of a
play and brought to the table many stimulating ideas and twenty years of
experience in the theater.<br />
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controversial and oft-anthologized critical studies: YEATS: A Psychoanalytic
Study (Stanford) and BLAKE'S PROPHETIC PSYCHOLOGY (Macmillan). She
is co-editor of the journals of the abstract expressionist painter (and my mother),
Ethel Schwabacher, HUNGRY FOR LIGHT: The Journals of Ethel Schwabacher (</span></i><st1:state><st1:place><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">Indiana</span></i></st1:place></st1:state><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">, 1993).<br />
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Her memoir, THE LAST GOOD FREUDIAN
(Holmes and Meier, 2000) received considerable praise. The Modern
Language Association in 2007 published her translation of Edith Bruck's
Holocaust novel, LETTERA ALLA MADRE. She also </span></i><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">has </span></i><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">translated poetry from the Italian for THE OTHER VOICE (Norton)
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<b>Brenda Webster</b> <br />
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As a child I thought my mother was a miracle worker.
She made things come to life on canvas. Branches weighed down with fuzzy
peaches, blue-green bulls, enormous lilies, goldfish in an underwater
world. Naturally, I assumed I would be able to do that too, but I was
hopelessly bad at it. By the time I was ten, I refocused myself to
painting with words.<br />
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My new novel, my fifth, AFTER AUSCHWITZ: A Love Story, takes
on the most difficult subject I've had so far. It is narrated by an
eighty-eight-year-old man suffering from early dementia and investigates the
way enduring love strives against loss and aging, illness and imminent
death. Finally, I feel in command of my tools and can fully use what a
lifetime has taught me about my subjects and my craft. Of course, there
is always more to learn. As one of my earlier characters says: "It
is hard to get things right." But trying and getting closer is what
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<br />Rebecca Redshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09771327235096240522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518285427816182420.post-14210686170126644182014-07-23T07:31:00.000-07:002014-07-23T08:39:27.195-07:00Lori Henriksen - Not at the End of Her Journey<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: .5in;">
<span style="font-family: Garamond;">One of my joys in writing
<i>Taking the Plunge</i> is meeting new people. The first thought that came to mind
when I read about Lori Henriksen was “I can’t wait to meet her! The second
was “I can’t wait to read her book!” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Garamond;">Special thanks to writer </span><st1:personname><span style="font-family: Garamond;">Stacy Lawson</span></st1:personname><span style="font-family: Garamond;"> for making the connection and introducing Lori – something she does
extraordinarily well. R2 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Lori and I met on a flight from </span></i><st1:city><st1:place><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Seattle</span></i></st1:place></st1:city><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> to </span></i><st1:city><st1:place><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">San Francisco</span></i></st1:place></st1:city><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">. She was on
her way to the 2010 SF Writers Conference, and I was on my way down to visit
with a writing friend<s><span style="color: red;">, </span></s>We fell into each
other's lives. This is what can happen when writers meet each other. We want to
support each other, because we know how hard the work is. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">It didn't take long for Lori and me to uncover the
fact that we were both writers. Lori was working on a novel The Winter Loon about a young woman
who in 1930 joins a rodeo circuit and is introduced to a world where love is
not always restricted to a man and a woman.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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who risk and have risked to show up for their own life's journey. Ruth
Thompson, the protagonist of The
Winter Loon interests me for this reason. She is out to find herself
during the Great Depression, and in so doing, opens herself up to the ridicule,
fear, and small mindedness of others when being gay was illegal. I think Lori's
book is coming at a good time.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Gay marriage is legal in many states. Hurray. I'm
convinced it will be legal everywhere at some point. In ten years or less, some
of us will begin to forget the work done to bring about this change. Poll
people under thirty and see if they know about the 1969 Stonewall riots in </span></i><st1:place><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Greenwich Village</span></i></st1:place><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> that started gay
advocacy. I believe that revisiting history through fiction or non-fiction
reminds us of our past and keeps us in touch with our own vulnerabilities. The
importance of this is that we seek change and remedy for other people who are
struggling for their rights. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> All I can say is
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">Most of my
adult life has been spent working as a psychotherapist in the child abuse
prevention field with both children and adults and in the community college
system, counseling students with learning and psychological disabilities. I
volunteered with the AIDS Health Project in the 1980’s and 90’s and learned
first-hand the intense identity struggles in the gay community.</span></div>
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over again, I reaped the rewards of witnessing people work through conflicts
and achieve goals they thought beyond their reach. The many life experiences
interwoven in this career have influenced my belief that we have the potential
to strengthen and transform ourselves through story.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> I retired in 1998 and moved from </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">San Francisco</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> to </span><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Ashland</span></st1:city><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">, </span><st1:state><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Oregon</span></st1:state></st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">. I enrolled in an extension class
called “Writing Your Life” at Southern Oregon University. I met an accomplished
writer and was surprised to be invited to join a writer’s group. For the first
two years I mostly sat in and listened. At a local writer’s conference I shared
a short story in a workshop and was encouraged to make it a novel. I learned to
write on the wings of my critique group. Writing, rewriting, and rewriting. I
learned to accept feedback without feeling defensive. I learned to cut and edit
unnecessary words and make every word, every sentence and every scene move the
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me away from my writing, but like any pilgrim on a quest, I take one step at a
time. I won’t reach the end of the journey until my novel finds a home. The
fortitude it took in the 1930’s—and even today—to be true to one’s self outside
the norm is the essential drama of the novel inspired by my lesbian mother’s
life. You can read the first two chapters and more about the writing of the
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I have continued to grow over the
years. I have been in a loving committed relationship for over forty years, and
we are still best friends. I open my heart to stray dogs and cats and give them
a home. They find me. I don’t go looking for them. I can now call myself an
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trying to find myself and my place in the world. I spent too much time feeling
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The drive for materialistic gains without regard for others. Basic rights
violations. The divisive political atmosphere. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Stories of heroic acts as daring as pulling someone out of a burning car or as
simple as a word of encouragement to a distressed child. Finding solace in
nature. A hike with my dog. A glass of wine, good food and loving friends.
People working together to fight discrimination.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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funds to educate the public about the importance of spaying and neutering all
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you meet someone and instantly feel that they are “an old soul.” I consider
that a compliment and I hope </span></i><st1:personname><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Karen Kronenberger</span></i></st1:personname><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> does too! <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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the few times we met we learned we shared common interests, including kayaking
and writing. The former allows for time on calm waters for introspection of
life and appreciation of beauty. The latter is a gift to be shared, often times
elaborating on thoughts that evolved while being on the water.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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can rarely plan the path one’s life takes, but to make the best of what comes
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forty years experience as a social worker, therapist, public speaker, manager,
grant writer, planner, and developer/marketer of programs, I have created and
conducted 100’s of personal growth groups, trained the trainers and written
curriculum. At the pinnacle of those years, I was awarded </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">USA</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;"> Congressional recognition for my work and was a
Goodwill Industries "Honoree of the Century.” Now I am retired and on to
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favorite place to live in the whole world has been the Pacific NW. The stunning beauty of </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">Discovery</span></st1:placename><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">Bay</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">
and the Cascades, even when fog covered, greeted me every morning for the six
years I made the area my home. In 2010, I wept through painful personal and
physical changes. While on the mend I received a call from my family in </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">Ohio</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">. My mother, in her late eighties, needed a
caregiver so she could continue living in her home. I moved to </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">Ohio</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">. I had not lived in </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">Ohio</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;"> for almost twenty-five years and it was <span style="text-transform: uppercase;">culture shock</span>. Living in the “’burbs”
in city congestion and in a land where conservative values dominated left me
feeling trapped. I sorely missed my dear friends in Clallam and </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">Jefferson</span></st1:placename><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">Counties</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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news is that during the period of adjustment, I delighted in time spent with
family. Five of my siblings and their families entertained me and my daughter’s
family moved back to the area from </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">Maryland</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I chose to use this time to learn to love myself and involve myself more fully
in another love - writing. Over the
years I have participated in three significant writers’ groups and have
encouraged writers to publication. For many years I thought fiction was my
voice, now I also write memoir, opinion pieces and poetry. I was happily
settled into my writing routine when </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">an unexpected star burst into my life. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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confirmed agnostic. My spiritual path has taught me to respect the journey and
not religion. I became a minister giving spiritual encouragement to Buddhists,
Christians, atheists, pagans and to anyone hungry for spiritual or personal
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one of my prose poems to a favorite theologian, Mathew Fox, and others in
leadership at a Creation Spirituality gathering, they asked me to submit my
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love. I am.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Rebecca Redshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09771327235096240522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518285427816182420.post-61160623481069871752014-06-23T12:11:00.004-07:002014-07-08T09:25:25.500-07:00Bertha D. Cooper - Ready for the Young of Old Age<div class="MsoNormal">
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<i>My first impression upon meeting Bertha
Cooper was her open and joyful face.
She breathed optimism and was an impressive listener. I learned later that she was a very
experienced facilitator for groups and organizations in conducting workshops
and forums. She has a background in nursing and hospital administration. She is also passionate about issues and works
to have an influence on the course of events.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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interviewed me for a book she was writing about women aging in </i><st1:country-region><st1:place><i>America</i></st1:place></st1:country-region><i>. I
found myself revealing more to her about my aging process than I had to anyone
else in my life. She has a gift of making
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for a publisher</i>. By <st1:personname>Carrol
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realized that despite or maybe because of spending decades working with ailing
aging people, I wasn’t ready to be old. I didn’t really know what to expect besides
illness and disability. So, I embarked on learning about natural aging which
soon morphed into research into healthy and positive aging. I spent over three
years writing a book on Women and Aging to answer my own questions and those of
the women I involved in the conversation. I came to believe that women long for
this conversation about aging in an environment that pushes anti-aging, one of
the more absurd notions of our time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">I enjoy meeting with groups of women to talk about aging as a woman (the
topic of my yet to be published book). I have also facilitated, as a
volunteer facilitator, initial discussions for non-profit groups who have found
their mission changing usually due to growing membership and wish to
constructively involve their membership in defining new directions.</span><br />
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independently obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing in an
environment of little encouragement (financially or otherwise) from family,
society, and counselors. That degree opened the door to my good life. It was
possible to work to afford college then; I am saddened and alarmed that women
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the life and accomplishments of another or others in order to be right, to keep
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experience. I’m captivated by the seasons of nature. AND tulips give me great
joy and laughs because they grow even after they are picked and following a
final burst of beauty, they fall apart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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years of apartment living I was finally able to get a pet – Misty. She was a
pure bred collie whose breeder had no more use for her. What a wonderful friend
and the start of a long line of furry, four-legged companions.</span></i></div>
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assessment was in doubt. He had been abandoned in the woods and rescued and
fostered by the most wonderful “Mom” who named him Stevie Wonder (because he
survived) and warned us it might take him weeks to get comfortable with us. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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was three years ago and from the very moment he entered our backyard and
started playing with Janey we knew we were a perfect match. For the next few
weeks he’s on vacation (as is your blogger</span></i><i><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></i><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">) and enjoying the good life at the Dungeness Pet Resort. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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makes my heart race. Walks are the best part of my day – better than food even!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Janey! We don’t ever cuddle or sleep together or anything “cutesy” like that,
but boy do we love to wrestle with each other in the back yard. We do it in the
living room, too! We share toys and sometimes play tug o’ war, but our favorite
thing to do is jump in the backseat of the car and head to </span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Lake</span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><st1:placename><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Aldwell</span></st1:placename></st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> on the weekend. It’s not a lake
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> All in all, I feel pretty wonderful.
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incredible strength and courage who I feel privileged to call my friend. She is
an excellent musician and singer, plus plays the trombone with style and flair.
I’ll always remember seeing her on top of an upright piano playing the trombone
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Admitting to having arthritis throughout her whole body, Al has had a total
knee replacement, total shoulder replacement, foot surgery, carpal tunnel
surgery, and while bicycling around the world in the year 2000, she broke her
neck in France and missed three months of cycling, but kept up with the group
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"> My first life is as a musician. I taught junior high band
and chorus for 15 years and retired. I
then worked at a landscape nursery and became manager after several years and
retired again after 15 years. I directed
the Jackson Hole Chorale for 10 years and played trombone in the Jackson Hole
Brass Quintet for ten years as well as sang in several different Sweet Adeline
Quartets, the last one being ‘The Youngsters’ for 10 years. That was a pun as our accumulative years
added up to 215 this past year. I also
played in the JH Community Band which I directed for 1 year, played in the JH
Jazz Band and directed the JH Symphony Orchestra for 2 years. I also directed the musical “Into the Woods”
and my claim to fame is when I had a part in “Hair”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">My second life is gardening. I have always gardened starting when I took
care of the family garden as a kid. I
now have a 2500 square foot garden with an 8x12’ greenhouse and a 30x36’
hoophouse. My dream has always been to
have a roadside stand but second best is a stand at the local Farmer’s Market,
which I have done for several years. It
is so satisfying to have repeat customers and especially those who say things
like “you grew that here?” I started out
by selling veggies out of the back end of my explorer. I’ve come a long ways. I’ve expanded for the purpose of having a
side job after retirement that I enjoy that will bring in a little extra
income. I also plan to do landscaping
jobs on the side as time permits. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">When I’m not playing music or gardening, I’m probably
hiking, biking, backpacking or cooking for a dinner party. In 2000 and since, I
rode the Odyssey Bike Trip Around the World. I rode across </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">America</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> with a friend, have done several
state rides, and rode the Orient Express Bike Ride through eight
countries. I climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro for
my 60<sup>th</sup> birthday and have hiked the Haute Route from Chamonix,
France to Zermatt, Switzerland which I plan to do again next year with another
friend. I started out on the Pacific
Crest Trail, but had to abort after 28 days due to a knee injury the year
before on the ski slope. (I sold the skis and gave up that activity.) I hope to hike more of the PCT in the future
years.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Rebecca Redshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09771327235096240522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518285427816182420.post-27702165265992755612014-06-04T09:01:00.000-07:002014-06-04T09:01:07.529-07:00Matthew Nash - Challenging the Comfort Bubble <div class="MsoNormal">
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met </i></span><st1:personname><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Matthew Nash</span></i></st1:personname><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> not long after he moved to Sequim and started working for the Sequim
Gazette as a reporter. If I remember correctly, he was interviewing me about
the release of my book of movie reviews, “Sofa Cinema: An Easy Guide to DVDs.”
He was very shy, but easy to talk with and it wasn’t long before we were
bantering about movie titles like two kids playing ping pong – a very fun time.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> It’s
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<st1:personname><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Matthew Nash</span></b></st1:personname><b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Growing up in </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Oregon</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">, in and near </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Portland</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">, I dreamed of playing
professional basketball. Every night I’d have a tradition of shooting 100 free
throws with my feet edged next to my parents’ garden. But reality hit in high
school and I considered the military, the ministry, education and more before
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I quickly became editor of the school newspaper and
recruited a dedicated team. I went to work for a newspaper near my hometown
before realizing my environment wasn’t ideal with moldy walls, an archaic
computer with a green screen, a narcoleptic sports editor and an editor who
said the F word more than I can count. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I’ve been in Sequim going on six years. I met my wife here
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With so much animated TV shows geared towards toy marketing, the Tanner family
comedy is incredibly cheesy but mostly wholesome and appropriate for everyone.
My wife and I knew we were hooked again when we laughed at three consecutive
jokes on the show. Have mercy!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">There’s a “take me as I am”
quality about </span></i><st1:personname><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Larry Crist</span></i></st1:personname><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> that’s reinforced when he reads his poetry. Although a little young
to be a child of the 60’s, he personifies that era of questioning authority,
challenging everyman to stand up and do his part.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> B</span></i><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">orn in </span></i><st1:city><st1:place><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">Palo Alto</span></i></st1:place></st1:city><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">, CA., Larry’s lived in </span></i><st1:city><st1:place><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">London</span></i></st1:place></st1:city><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">, </span></i><st1:city><st1:place><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">Chicago</span></i></st1:place></st1:city><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">, </span></i><st1:city><st1:place><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">Houston</span></i></st1:place></st1:city><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">, </span></i><st1:city><st1:place><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">San Francisco</span></i></st1:place></st1:city><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">, </span></i><st1:city><st1:place><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">Los Angeles</span></i></st1:place></st1:city><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">, </span></i><st1:city><st1:place><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">Philadelphia</span></i></st1:place></st1:city><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"> and for the last twenty years, </span></i><st1:city><st1:place><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">Seattle</span></i></st1:place></st1:city><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">. His worldly perspective is focused on
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I began school already knowing how to read and found school
dull. I was a disruptive kid. My parent’s broke up early. We moved a lot. She
was a teacher. I got in trouble with the law in my teens and spent a year in
jail without finishing high school.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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only thing (aside from drugs and alcohol) I found interesting was theatre. I
spent my late teens and most of my twenties doing plays and appeared in a
number of films as well. After receiving a BA at HSU I earned my MFA at </span><st1:place><st1:placetype><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Temple</span></st1:placetype><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">University</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">. Halfway through this program, I
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> This was thirty years ago, I’ve been
writing ever since. I began getting things published in my mid-thirties after I
moved to </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Seattle</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> in 1992. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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features. It has become an integral part of my writing process. I have to hear
what I’m writing off the ears of others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Depends on when asked. At this moment it is getting my
first book—<b>Undertow Overtures</b>—published.
Last year it would have been something else, a publication perhaps. When I was
12 it would have been a ball I hit for a homerun or a fish I caught. Pride, is
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sorry I didn’t try out for football in high school. I have a great throwing arm
and can kick a football better than any one I know, only I didn’t discover this
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Pompous certainty. The self-centeredness of homo-sapiens,
thinking this is their planet and they can treat it and other animal species
like trash. God, religion, war, politics; it’s all a racket. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I might learn to sail—be a sea bum. I’d continue to write
at about the same output but would work/hustle less. I’d take more train trips,
attend more weddings, go to baseball games and attend spring training. I’d
partake in more activism with regards to planet saving efforts, as well as
helping to defeat the rise of fascism here in the </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">United States</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Undertow Overtures </span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">is available through Amazon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><st1:personname><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Rachel Buker</span></i></st1:personname><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> led an all day
seminar for the Artist Trust EDGE Literary Grant program on copyright law that
I attended. Sounds boring, but it wasn’t. An attorney having a background in
the arts is an asset for young (and seasoned) artists on the rise.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Spring gives me an itch like no other season. I have at least a half-dozen half-finished
projects around the house right now. In the midst of a downpour today I decided
it was high time to clean up the patio and adjoining garden area. The patio is
a favorite spot on summer evenings, but it was definitely in need of a little
TLC after a soggy winter. I found multiple wine corks swollen with rain in the
garden. These corks provide me with some certainty that I am living right. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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otherwise turning my condo upside down, I am an intellectual property lawyer,
writer, traveler, knitter, and friend to animals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">There’re a lot of different things in my life that I am
proud of, all the various facets of my education, playing musical instruments,
having a very diverse array of wonderful, talented friends, being a </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Vermont</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"> native, becoming a long distance
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">But</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">,</span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> I think what I’m truly most proud
of is surviving and thriving (although it certainly did not feel like thriving
at the time) during some serious adversity—the kind of adversity that you do
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">So very many things bring me joy (in no particular order):
spending time with friends and family, raising my puppy and taking her on
adventures, my cat purring in my ear when I fall asleep at night, traveling,
pretty much everything about the Pacific Northwest, going to Sounders games
(and watching EPL games on Saturday mornings), running (especially trail
running), cooking pasta meals, discovering fantastic local wines, yoga,
spending time on Vashon Island, great conversations, buying flowers for no
particular reason, laughing until I cry, and desserts.</span></div>
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performed in my plays almost since the day we met ten years ago. Her career on the
stage goes back much further. A sharp wit with impeccable timing, one can only
imagine her years ago at a school assembly commanding the attention of hundreds
of teenagers with ease. Until I read her words for Taking the Plunge, I had no
idea the number of obstacles she overcame to become a respected educator,
supporter of the arts, and community activist.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I was born at home on a small </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Texas</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> panhandle farm in 1939 to older
uneducated parents living in two rooms of an old drafty farmhouse. My sister,
born four years later, was deemed the most beautiful baby in </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Castro</span></st1:placename><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">County</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">. I was a disappointment. On my
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joined to a rich farmer I would be expected to wash, iron, clean, cook and meet
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Student Senate Representative, and I went to state three times as an
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I retired in 1995 to </span><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Sequim</span></st1:city><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">, </span><st1:state><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">WA</span></st1:state></st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> and pursued my interests. On Feb 1<sup>s</sup> 2013 I married my
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word that comes to mind when I hear author Ingrid Rick’s name mentioned is
“energy.” I recently heard her talk at the end of a long day of lectures. She
was the last speaker of the day and I had just glanced at my watch to make the
decision to slip out quietly and catch the next ferry home or give her a few
minutes to talk and then make my decision.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> I
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subsequent long drive home, I loaded her memoir, “Hippie Boy” onto my Kindle
and realized she is the total package; an author and a marketer who wastes no
time. She inspires young and old, experienced writers
and novices. Ingrid's a dreamer who works hard to make dreams come true. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">My new favorite quote is “The world needs dreamers and the
world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do.” ~ </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Sarah
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">That really sums up my philosophy on life. Like so many
people I know, I had a hard time giving myself permission to pursue my
dream—which for me was to write my memoir, <i>Hippie
Boy</i> and carve out a living as an author. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">It took me along time to GO FOR IT, but when I did,
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I
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a program that uses my coming-of-age memoir, <i>Hippie Boy</i>, as a guide to help teenagers find their voice and power
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I’ve also
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them to make diet and lifestyle changes that can benefit their eye health.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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people drive me crazy. I can’t stand it when people say “no” implying that
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">So many
things give me joy: music, friends, my daughters, my husband, long beach walks,
my daily eight-ounce hemp mocha, writing….to name a few.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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do exactly what I’m doing now: writing books, helping teenagers to claim their
voice and power through personal storytelling, and continuing on my quest to
save my eyesight (I suffer from RP, a degenerative eye disease), and motivating
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Rebecca Redshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09771327235096240522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518285427816182420.post-24401994003748459132014-04-23T07:14:00.000-07:002014-04-23T07:14:16.643-07:00Gary Newman - Taking the Poet's Path<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> V<i>ocations often have
stereotypes attached that we hope hold true; we want our nurses to be caring,
our postmen to be reliable, our politicians honest (OK, I know that’s a
stretch, but we do). Being a poet is more a calling than a career. But a poet’s
contribution is not about worldly things in our everyday lives. A poet’s
contribution is all about “worldly” things, in the truest sense of the word.<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></i><st1:personname><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Gary Newman</span></i></st1:personname><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> is an introspective
man, an observer, an explorer of words, a poet. <o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Gary Newman</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I
am a poet, essayist and journalist. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I
have won numerous awards for my journalism including three first place awards
for best sports story in the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association annual
contest and a first in the best business story category as well as numerous
other second and third place awards for writing and photography. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">As
a journalist I came to question the trajectory of my own career and I realized
I originally set out to be a poet. I decided to return to that original pure
impulse. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I
write to define the world I love. I mean the whole earth, but especially the
natural world, landscape, animals, the world of science and ideas. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">But
mostly I write because I love the sound, rhythm and flow of words. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I was a
Peace Corps Volunteer in </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Paraguay</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> in 1969-70. I am most proud of
learning Spanish and Guarani and getting to know men and women of a different
culture. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I
continued that habit when I was stationed in </span><st1:state><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Berlin</span></st1:place></st1:state><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> as a soldier. I learned a fair
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I’ve
always been disappointed that I didn’t finish learning German. And I’m disappointed
that I have let my Spanish skills get rusty. Though I work on that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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people, a little humility should go before the hubris. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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vagabonding over the earth. </span><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">South America</span></st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">, </span><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Africa</span></st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">, </span><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Asia</span></st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">, </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Russia</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">. I’d write, take photos, learn
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Rebecca Redshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09771327235096240522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518285427816182420.post-48900551404811482042014-04-16T09:22:00.000-07:002014-04-16T09:22:00.054-07:00Karen Hanan - Passion for the Arts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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bond over a variety of interests; a favorite sports team, a love of gardening,
a hometown memory. </i></span><st1:personname><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Karen Hanan</span></i></st1:personname><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> and I bonded over a cup of tea. Actually, many, many cups of tea –
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri;">I was appointed Executive Director of ArtsWA by Governor Jay
Inslee effective </span><st1:date day="1" month="3" year="2014"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri;">March 1, 2014</span></st1:date><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri;">.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri;">ArtsWA
is the Washington State Arts Commission, a state government agency. ArtsWA<span class="apple-converted-space"> speaks up for</span> the public value of the arts,
builds leadership<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in and for the
arts, strengthens arts education<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in
our public schools, documents the impact<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>of
the arts on our communities and in peoples’ lives, and shares the findings,
builds participation in the arts, and acquires and cares for artwork in the
State Art Collection, sited at K-12 public schools, colleges, universities, and
state agencies.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri;">Prior to my position with ArtsWA, I served as Executive Director
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organization. Before that, I was the founder and Executive Director of the Juan
de Fuca Festival of the Arts in </span><st1:place><st1:city><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri;">Port Angeles</span></st1:city><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri;">, </span><st1:state><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri;">WA</span></st1:state></st1:place><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Calibri;">.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Envisioned, birthed, and helped grow the Olympic
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Growing up is about learning to be wiser, more complete, a
better person. Along that path, you must sometimes trip and fall and sometimes
inflict damage on others as part of that process. It can’t be helped, but I am
sorry for anyone I hurt along the way – sometimes inadvertently, sometimes as a
result of the ignorance of youth. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I get joy from the people I love and care about. I find
joy in an uncomplicated walk in the woods in the company of our chocolate lab.
I get endless joy from the flowers and fruits of our “English garden”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I would like to spend more time in </span><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Europe</span></st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">, taking precious moments with
family that I value and miss so much. I love where I find myself; my work, my
family, my friends, my surroundings, but I miss those not nearby but still
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br /> The first time I heard </span></i><st1:personname><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Linda Silvas</span></i></st1:personname><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> speak was in the backyard of mutual friends. I sat down just in time
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within earshot. Several years later, my two teenage nephews from </span></i><st1:state><st1:place><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Pennsylvania</span></i></st1:place></st1:state><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> came to visit and
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">My culture is of the Juaneno Band
of Mission Indians, Acjachemen tribe as well as Spanish and French. Born in
1948 and raised in </span><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">San Diego</span></st1:city><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">, </span><st1:state><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">CA</span></st1:state></st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">. I relocated to </span><st1:place><st1:city><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Sequim</span></st1:city><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">, </span><st1:state><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">WA</span></st1:state></st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> in 1987. I have had many
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I know what my purpose is… it is
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Bensie and I decided to exchange books we had written. This can be a risky
business. I like Dennis. What if I hated his book? What if I couldn’t relate or
got bored? Phew. Not only did none of those things happen – I love his book! <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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any of the rules …and I think that is what I love about <i>my writing</i>.
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MEN was described by a reviewer as “…a confession and a gift.” I consider that
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playwright Dustin Engstrom as THE CUT and produced by Open Circle Theater in
2011. In 2013, the book was adapted into a short underground film entitled NO
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Imagination, style, and humor are
three words that come to mind when I hear the name </span></i><st1:personname><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Laurel Black</span></i></st1:personname><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">. Whether creating
branding for an international firm or letterhead for a local non-profit, she
brings qualities of imagination and practicality to her work.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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there’s </span></i><st1:city><st1:place><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Laurel</span></i></st1:place></st1:city><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">’s sense of humor. In meetings, her professional demeanor is one of
attentive listening and appropriate questions, and yet, one can almost see the
twinkle in her eye and know that a touch of levity is about to shared. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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all artists, she usually lets her work speak for her, except when Taking the
Plunge!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">If I had to limit myself to one word to describe what I’m
about, it would be hard because most who know me know that I seldom limit
myself when it comes to words. They might choose words like <i>verbose</i> or <i>smartass</i>. But let’s pretend there’s a gun to my head: I choose
– <i>balance</i>.
When I am in the process of evaluating/analyzing/making choices, the questions
that comes up regularly for me is “W<i>here
is the balance</i>?” This to me is at the core of meaningful communication.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I have become sensitized to false dichotomies. We are too
often presented with opposed choices that aren’t really opposed, such as art
vs. science, or jobs vs. the environment, or healthy food vs. delicious food. I
think this contributes in part to the current dysfunction in our government.
Framing choices as mutually hostile allows partisanship to turn into power
tripping. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">So, the other word for me is <i>independent</i>. I reject simplistic ideologies that boil things down
to manipulative sound bites however seductive they may seem. I try to maintain
an objective distance that allows for clear understanding. It’s not easy, and
sometimes I’m unsuccessful, but like everyone else, I’m a work in progress.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">Birthed my daughter
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">I would have started working on fitness and
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">Crazy: People who don’t understand that
responsibility is the other side of the
rights coin. These are the ones who complain about poor government
services AND their taxes. They also leave their shopping carts in the middle of
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<st1:personname><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">Joy</span></st1:personname><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">: The opportunity to
help others express their value to the world (in other words, my work).
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">Travel widely, deeply understand what makes
people tick, and learn new computer programs with total ease and zero
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Rebecca Redshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09771327235096240522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518285427816182420.post-54713462453846856042014-03-18T18:20:00.000-07:002014-03-19T10:08:26.952-07:00Stacy Lawson - A Woman with a Different View of the World<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.0in; text-indent: .5in;">
<i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Ever meet someone and just know either 1. you’ve met them in a past
life or 2. you’re going to be good friends? One reason I enjoy not only writing
but reading my blog, “Taking the Plunge”, is learning more about people – people I
thought I knew and people I’d like to know even better.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<st1:personname><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Stacy Lawson</span></i></st1:personname><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> and I met a few
weeks ago in the Artist Trust EDGE Grant Program for Literary Artists. I rarely
thrust my work upon strangers (or for that matter, friends) and yet before the
end of the first weekend I handed Stacy four pages and asked her to read them.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">The jury’s still out for me in regards to “past lives”, but I’m pretty
certain Stacy and I are going to be good friends. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I hope you enjoy getting to know this
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Stacy Lawson</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I am a writer, yoga
instructor/owner of Red Square Yoga, and a public school advocate. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">My work has appeared in Under the
Sun, Drash Northwest Mosaic, r.kv.r.y quarterly literary journal, Raven
Chronicles, and Sunday Ink: Works by the Uptown Writers. I live in </span><st1:city><st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Seattle</span></st1:place></st1:city><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> with my husband, two sons, and my
ill-mannered dog, Jasper.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0.5in;">I write to find meaning, to question myself, to question others,
to question beliefs held too firmly. I write to question fears and to unravel
insecurities that can compress into rock-solid absolutes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">I write to add breath and humor to suffocating arguments. I write
to organize my thoughts, to formulate credible arguments and to find the right
words to express myself. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">I write to have a long sustained dialogue with the Self, an
uninterrupted one-on-one, a spiritual moment not dependent on any God, a
synagogue, a guru, a virgin birth, or other convention.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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List 5 nouns that define you!</span><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Curious – Electric – Eclectic – Pragmatic – Funny</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I am most proud of my relationships with my husband, kids,
parents, sibs, and friends. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">First my relationship with my husband (who is really too
good for me in many many ways) has been the major work in this life. We
have been together for 27 years and have had our ups and downs, but we've
really negotiated the big waves. We've had hard days, months, and years,
but we've kept at it. Through working on this relationship, I have
learned a lot about all relationships and how to move more graciously in the
world. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I am proud of my relationship with my two sons.
Daniel is 15, William is 11 (names altered to protect the innocent). I've
worked hard to figure out how to negotiate the role of parent. I think deeply
about parenting. What is it that I/we want for the boys? How can I
prepare them for the world to come? How much should I protect them from
the world out there? How can I help them to own their lives now and in
the future, own their choices, and live with the consequences. I try to
carefully consider when I need to step in and when I need to stand aside. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Finally, I am proud of my relationships with my family and
friends. The word yoga comes from the Sanskrit word <i>yuj </i>which
means to unite, to meet, to commune, to consummate. My relationships are
part of my yoga practice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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or near perfect. (Just ask around.) But, for the most part,
I'm comfortable with where things stand. I don't believe that family
members are required to get along by virtue of sharing blood or legal
arrangements. To some degree, we are all broken, and we look for relationships
with people who don't hurt us more or challenge us in unhelpful ways. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">This makes sense to me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I would have given more money to Janey when she came to me
after her husband died. She subsequently died shortly after. She was in
need. But, I was afraid of getting tied into supporting her and I wasn't ready
to negotiate that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Entitlement drives me crazy (my own included). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I think there are some basic misunderstandings that lead to
bad behavior. There really is no such thing as innate equality except as an
idea. After conception, we have a placement in the world that scripts us. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Not all people are born with the same health, looks,
opportunities, resources, and access. Many poor people work very hard, and
it never amounts to anything. Many wealthy people work very hard, but once you
have money, it's easier to make more money. Many wealthy people and many poor
people don't work hard at all. Fair doesn't really exist in the
bigger universe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">So, I believe we need a safety net that guarantees
all a basic level of support that comes from taxation. I'm not afraid of taxes.
Let's get rid of the loopholes. I don't believe that people aim to go
on welfare. I believe that people lack opportunities, exposure, role
models, money, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I find joy in music, dancing, knitting, reading, writing,
sleeping, walking, chocolate, hiking, kayaking, etc...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Mostly I want to travel, and I do travel quite a bit. I'd
love to live somewhere else for even 3 months before my kids leave home. I want
to navigate the unknown together and to explore. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stacy-Lawson-Writer/236813063168708">Stacy
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Rebecca Redshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09771327235096240522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518285427816182420.post-39515830918280867732014-03-12T10:50:00.000-07:002014-03-12T10:50:01.943-07:00Elizabeth Kelly - Life is an Adventure<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;">
<i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Making
new friends at any age is such a joy. Sitting across the room from </span></i><st1:personname><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Elizabeth Kelly</span></i></st1:personname><i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> in a singing group I realized we shared a birthday. We decided to celebrate over tea and toast.
Since that first cup (and many subsequent cups of tea over the years), we found
we shared life experiences – love of music, hospice volunteering, reading and
writing, and best of all, a love of travel.</span></i></div>
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calm demeanor is augmented by an inquisitive mind, a zeal for the stage, and a
spirit of adventure that’s unmatched.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> I believe I’m in this world to learn
who I am. It’s a life-long process and although I’m 80+ years into it, I still
have a lot to learn. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I have been singing since I was six (maybe earlier) and
love to sing, especially with others. I am also a writer and have written three
books, one of which, a memoir, I self-published (sort of). The other two
haven’t been published. I write poetry in my head all the time and try to write
one poem a week. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">My love of the movies has been with me as long as I can
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">My children and grandchildren are my greatest joy. I
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I wish I had used the four-year music scholarship to </span><st1:place><st1:placename><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Portland</span></st1:placename><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><st1:placetype><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">University</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> I received when I graduated from
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seen “Ham for the Holidays” twice in the last few years and it’s pure (?),
unadulterated silliness! I also had the chance to attend a concert by Lisa
Koch who sang and played the guitar and reincarnated herself as Sister Mary
Agnes Labia. Tears brought on by laughter are the best.</span></i></div>
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if you’re overwhelmed with the upcoming holiday madness or the political <b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">mishegas
that’s never ending, get thee to “Ham for the Holidays” (if you’re in the </span></b></span></i><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Seattle</span></i></b><b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> area) or go to Lisa’s
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I was born in </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Ashland</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Oregon</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> and moved to </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Seattle</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> in 1989. I started as a musician
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member of sketch comedy duo, Dos Fallopia. We’re gearing up for our upcoming
holiday show, “Ham for the Holidays: Close Encounters of the Pork Rind” at ACT
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Top Crazy maker: People talking loudly and incessantly on
their cell phones in public.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Close 2<sup>nd</sup>: Six people sitting at a
table together, all checking their phones or texting with no personal interaction. (Hey,
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Joy Machine:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Playing music with my pals.</span></div>
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dive in tropical water daily.</span></div>
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Rebecca Redshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09771327235096240522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518285427816182420.post-60527501506368357102013-09-30T10:17:00.000-07:002013-09-30T10:17:14.749-07:00Tom Nobili - Excited for the Future<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;">Americans
move – a lot. I’m a perfect example of this transient pattern of life; born in
Pittsburgh, moved to Los Angeles, back to Pittsburgh, then to Palm Springs, and
currently in </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;">Port</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;"> Angeles, northwest of Seattle. In spite of all the packing and unpacking
and enjoying each new environment, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;">Pittsburgh</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;"> is, and
always will be, “home.”</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;">So, I
understand Tom’s affection for the one time steel city, draped in Black &
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;">One of the
joys of this time of life – Internet/Facebook/Skype – is that no matter how far
away we are from one another in miles, we can keep in touch and re-kindle old
friendships and initiate new ones.</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;">Tom worked
for me at WRS Motion Picture Laboratory in </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;">Pittsburgh</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;"> a long time
ago. I remember him as a fresh out of college student who had a strong work
ethic and bright mind. As I read his responses to Taking the Plunge, I know he
still maintains those qualities and is so much more. Meet </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;">Tom Nobili</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;">. </span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;">Thomas Nobili</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I
was born in </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;">Donora</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;">, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;">PA</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;">, a very small town in </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;">Southwestern
PA.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;"> (population: 3000) 25 miles
south of </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;">Pittsburgh</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;">. I am the oldest of three children, with a younger brother and
sister.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Several famous people are from
Donora, including baseball greats Ken Griffey and Hall of Famer Stan “The Man”
Musial.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am very proud of my roots
there, and residing in such a humble town for the first 29 years of my life
helped shape my personality and character into the person that I am today. I
currently reside in Castaic, CA. with my wife, five year old son and 90 lb.
“lap dog.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope to teach many of the
small town values to my son like my father did with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I
graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh in the early 90’s, majoring in
Music and Video Business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Soon after
graduating, I accepted a position at WRS Motion Picture Lab in </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;">Pittsburgh</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;">, starting
out doing film prep, advancing to film color timing, and eventually being promoted to
senior color timer. In 1999, I accepted a position at Cinetech Lab in </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;">California</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;">, where I
became a lead timer, restoring many A-title films from major studios with several
legendary cinematographers and directors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>A
couple of years ago, Cinetech was bought by Deluxe. In October 2012, Deluxe
consolidated our lab with their </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;">Hollywood</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;"> lab. I was one of three Cinetech production employees chosen to relocate
to </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;">Hollywood</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;">, where I set up their restoration department
(it has pretty much shut down already since I left).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My color timing career ended in February,
just short of twenty years in the business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Because technology has changed so much going from film to digital, my
expertise is rarely needed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The entire
film business is now doing more with less people, so instead of finding another
job in the industry that would most likely be temporary, I decided to go back
to college, brush up on my skills, and reinvent myself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Vijaya;">I will
complete my courses by the end of the spring, majoring in Graphic Design, Web
Design, and E-Commerce.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am excited
about what opportunities my new career will offer me, and I hope to freelance
or start my own business so I can work from anywhere.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Despite my recent setbacks, I am very excited
about what the future holds for me and my family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Father – Husband – Friend – Student
– Steeler Fan</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Even though I have accomplished
many things professionally, I have never felt as proud as I did when I became a
father. My son means everything to me and he makes me proud every day.</span></div>
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in my life (good and bad) as a learning experience and try not to have any
regrets – except one thing. Six and a half years ago, my wife and I gave birth
to a baby girl that died two hours after being born.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was very premature and she didn’t make it.
(My wife had complications and they had to deliver quickly). Obviously, if I
could change the past, it would be for that not to have happened. Other than
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Intolerant people drive me crazy!
We are all human beings who are all unique and special in some way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those who don’t respect or accept that have
no place in my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also Cleveland
Brown fans drive me crazy!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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to visit every NFL stadium for a game (except </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Cleveland</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">).</span></div>
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</span>Rebecca Redshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09771327235096240522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518285427816182420.post-86870548844401379982013-09-23T13:29:00.002-07:002013-09-23T13:29:25.758-07:00Luke Yankee: Multi-Talented Man<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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introduced by cinematographer Brianne Murphy. She had read my novella/play,
“Dear Jennifer”, and thought he would he the perfect director for a reading in </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Los Angeles</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">.</span></i></div>
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assembled a brilliant cast and we had a run through on Sunday afternoon for a
Monday evening performance. The realization that cuts were needed because it
was too long and too wordy became apparent that afternoon, but the reading was
Monday evening and we were attending the ASC dinner at the </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Beverly Hills</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> that night.</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Well,
after the awards ceremony, we went back to my hotel, kicked off our shoes, and went
through the script slashing and cutting into the wee hours. Luke dropped the
changes off at Kinko’s for the casts’ revised scripts and I picked them up
after my business meeting Monday afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>With
Luke’s calm, brilliant approach to direction and my best instinct as the author to trust
my director, the performance was marvelous and we got a standing ovation from
the invited audience. </span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Luke Yankee</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I have worked in many different aspects of the
entertainment industry. I’ve run two regional theatres, assistant directed six
Broadway shows, toured internationally with my one-man show, written a memoir
about growing up as a showbiz kid (my mother was the Oscar/Emmy/Tony winning
actress, Eileen Heckart)…lots of other stuff. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Currently, I am focusing my energies on television writing
and I am determined to become a staff writer on a hit TV show. I am also in
negotiations with PBS for an interview show called CONVERSATIONS ON CRAFT,
where I chat with actors, writers, directors and producers about how they got
where they are today. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">My new play, THE LAST LIFEBOAT, is about to be published b
Dramatists Play Service. It’s the untold story of the owner of the White Star
Line at the time of the sinking The Titanic and the subsequent hearings and
aftermath of the disaster. It’s a big, epic tale told on a bare stage with an
ensemble cast and I am beyond thrilled it is getting published.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">There are lots of things that I am proud of, but the top
two (okay, I cheated) would have to be my marriage to my amazing husband of 18
years, Don Hill, and writing my book, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">JUST</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> OUTSIDE THE SPOTLIGHT.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d talked about writing a book about my mom
since I was 14 and when I finally held it in my hands, it was – and remains -
an incredible feeling. It has great stories about Ethel Merman teaching me how
to make a martini at age 10, Paul Newman giving me acting lessons in the living
room, and Marilyn Monroe babysitting my brothers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I wish I had been kinder and gentler with my father. He
was an extraordinary man and I never realized just HOW incredible he was until
I lost him. He had a quiet, gentle strength and because he wasn’t boisterous
and noisy like the rest of the family, I didn’t appreciate him on his own
terms. He’s been gone nearly 14 years and I regret this every day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">What drives me crazy is not feeling like I am being
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">So many things! I love traveling with my husband. I’d love
to rent a villa in Tuscany for awhile, then move on to a</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span dir="auto"> pied-a-terre</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span>in Nice, then a flat in one of the posh,
London suburbs like Richmond and keep going all over the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Ever hear a melody on the radio
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more than any other form of communication, is not only universal, but magical.
So when you meet someone that literally plays to a different drummer or sings a
different tune and you immediately “get them”, you know it’s all about the
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Elaine
Gardner-Morales is funny and witty and knowledgeable, but seems to transform
when she has a guitar in her hand or is coaching her vocal ensemble.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Her
answer to question #4 below comes as no surprise. Hearing, listening, and
feeling the music is what her life is all about. If we all took the time to
open our hearts (the original rhythm machine) to music like Elaine does, maybe peace would be a
possibility.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Elaine Gardner-Morales</span></b></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">I was born and raised in </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Denton</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Texas</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> to a </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">University</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> of </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">North Texas</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> music professor and a high school
foreign language instructor from </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Esmaraca</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Bolivia</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">. I had three sibs, all musically
talented, and from the time I can remember, the “Gardner Band” was always
making music from blues to classical and voice to cello.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">After receiving my degrees in music composition and
theory, I spent 25 years as a professor and Chair of Music at </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Brookhaven</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">College</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">School</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> of the Arts in </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Dallas</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Texas</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">. I retired in 2009 after building
a successful department and moved to </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Port</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Angeles</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Washington</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> with Helen Carrick to a beautiful,
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view</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> home with lots of critters. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Although I am “rich” with the many experiences of my
musical career, I am most proud of the vocal jazz ensemble I built at the </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Brookhaven</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">College</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">. After twenty years, I looked
back at fifteen national and international tours, multiple awards at Vocal Jazz
festivals through out the </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">United States</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">, a ton of fabulous performances and
lots of wonderful people and musicians that I have known.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">So naturally when I moved to </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Port</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Angeles</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> and I had the opportunity to
repeat this experience and teach music part time, at </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Peninsula</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">College</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">, I jumped at it! Currently, I am
teaching a vocal jazz ensemble and I’ll probably be 75 when I get tired of it!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">I also have to give a nod of pride to my children Charles
and Mary whom have seen me through thick and thin. Although they still live in </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Dallas</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">, both have gone through life
changes with me, and I with them. We still find the time to talk and say “I
love you” on a regular basis. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">That bring me to the present: playing jazz guitar in the
Olympic Express Big Band, teaching Vocal Jazz Ensemble and guitar at Peninsula
College, doing a little music composition on the side, taking care of four cats
and one loud sheepdog, mowing a seven acre yard, taking care of the yard and
house with Helen and doing my best to love those that come my way.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">I am proud of a lot of things and after thinking about it,
I can’t site one particular thing that I am most proud of. I am proud of: my
career, my kids, my accomplishments as a musician, my house, my friends and
loved ones, my love for diversity, my professionalism, my generosity, my pen
collection and my guitar collection. …I think that is enough pride for one
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have erased from my experience and a couple of major decisions that I made that
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Since I only get one thing, I think it needs to be
something we can all enjoy, even those that I do not know. The one thing I
would change is that every human being on this earth could experience and live
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Rebecca Redshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09771327235096240522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518285427816182420.post-36593760332330328512013-09-03T15:41:00.001-07:002013-09-03T15:41:01.363-07:00Taking the Plunge: Bunny Cornwall - Just Getting Started<a href="http://r2redshaw.blogspot.com/2013/09/bunny-cornwall-just-getting-started.html?spref=bl">Taking the Plunge: Bunny Cornwall - Just Getting Started</a>: I first met Bunny Cornwall years ago when I entered Zenzizi, her retail store filled with wonderful items from her travels to India ...Rebecca Redshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09771327235096240522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7518285427816182420.post-16341446671778973902013-09-03T15:38:00.001-07:002013-09-03T15:38:54.919-07:00Bunny Cornwall - Just Getting Started<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I first met </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Bunny </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Cornwall</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> years ago when I entered Zenzizi, her retail store filled with
wonderful items from her travels to </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">India</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> and </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Thailand</span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">. Amidst all these exotic items was a stunning, tall blond who quickly
erased any preconceived notion of physical beauty in lieu of intelligence. Bunny
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">She told me how she traveled solo
to Indian towns (which is no easy feat) demanding the products she purchased
for the states be manufactured in safe working conditions with fair wages (a
concept that should be emulated and adopted by other businesses).</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">The pictures Bunny sent for
“Taking the Plunge” illustrate her flair for style and a bit of her sense of
humor. However, the camera can’t capture her sensitivity to others, her search
for knowledge, or her connection with the human spirit.</span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Bunny </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Cornwall</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I was talking with a cousin the other day. I haven’t seen
her for thirty- something years. After reintroducing ourselves and catching up,
her comment to me was “You do so many things. You’ve just done it all, Bunny.”
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are some of the things I have done and places I have been and I am by no means
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I was born in </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Connecticut</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">, the middle child with an older
brother and a younger sister. After leaving home at an early age, I started
collecting and selling antiques and having fun decorating my own space and I
modeled where I styled my own sets. I worked for Bittersweet Herb Farm doing
R&D and became National Sales Manager traveling around the country.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">After spending two winters in the </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Florida Keys</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">, I moved to St Croix </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">USVI</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> for twelve years. I continued to
model, acted in television commercials, and worked on sailboats and occasional
restaurant work. I met my sweet husband in </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">St Croix</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> and decided what I wanted to be
when I grew up. We moved back to the States.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I graduated from massage therapy school in </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Gainesville</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Florida</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> and after settling in </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Port</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Angeles</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">WA</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> with my husband, opened my own business,
Olympic Day Spa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I expanded my one
person practice to include skin care. I started a clothing line that I had
manufactured in </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">India</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">. I traveled to </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">India</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> and </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Thailand</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> for several years growing the
business to include jewelry and furniture and works of art.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I have always had an active lifestyle and feel it is
important to take care of the mind, body, and spirit, so I also teach fitness
classes at our local YMCA.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I take great pleasure in helping friends and acquaintances
when they ask me to help them style and decorate their homes or style
themselves for a particular occasion or trip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It’s fun to see people get excited and open up to the beauty that’s in
and around them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Healer – Optimist – Entrepreneur –
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Professionally, I am most proud of
being able to help empower people in </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">a variety of ways, through
exercise and healing, or helping people to </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">“style” themselves or decorate
their homes and to realize their visions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Personally, I am most proud of my
happy marriage. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">One thing I would change about my
past is that I would have liked to continue pursuing music.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Things that give my joy are
singing, hearing purring cats, laughing </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">with my sister, watching people
realize that they can do that, wear that, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">say that, be that, and realize the
potential in their lives. A good night’s</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">sleep in soft sheets.</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">5.</span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Given no restrictions (i.e. money/physical
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Have the ability to be in two
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">I want to do, be in all of the
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10.0pt;">Travel without having to spend
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