The hardest topic to write about is oneself. That being said, I am a professional writer/editor, photographer, and, artist (painter/photography). My goal is to begin learning how to make jewelry.

Along with writing and art, I have a vintage shop on Etsy that focuses primarily on jewelry, and, will hopefully become more focused on Native American jewelry. The website for "sugardrawers" is http://www.etsy.com/shop/sugardrawers.

I recently opened a second shop on Etsy designed to help people conquer their professional and personal word-wars. Finding time to create and shelve new virtual products has been a bit of a challenge, but, I'm pretty tenacious ... I remind myself about Rome (trite but true), and then find myself searching for cheap airfares to Italy ... sigh. The website for "The WRITERY" is http://www.etsy.com/shop/thewritery.

My BA is in Journalism and my MS is in Special Education (both from UW-Madison). I have two daughters (23 and 16), a terrific husband, and, two German Shepherds. We have an application in to adopt a third GSD - a retired MWD. Life is chaotically wonderful.