About Me 2
At the age of 13, I began to read some of the old classics -
Bronte, Dickens, Eliot, Dumas.
After I read Wordsworth, Byron, Poe and others, I wrote a few rhymes, and enjoyed it.
I didn't have any
aspirations of becoming a published poet - it was just a
pastime, like drawing,
or putting together a puzzle .
I read a book
about Ishi
http://www.library.ucsf.edu/collres/archives/hist/ishi/index.html
which I enjoyed. I felt a bit sad after I read the story and
I wrote
more poetry at that time.
Without realizing it, I used poetry
as a kind of journal and therapy combined.
I never planned to show my writing
to anyone - I didn't know then that one poem was destined to be placed
in the hands of several people....and that I would even have a few poems
published in small collections later on.
As I began to plan out this part of my website, a bag of
salt water taffy
fell to the floor from my computer desk one evening...Is there a resident
ghost? No, couldn't be...
Is there a friendly spirit guide, who has tried to aid me over the
years? Probably not...
I'm really a skeptic, you see.
Skeptics link
http://dmoz.org/Science/Science_in_Society/Skeptical_Inquiry/
