I am a Kentuckian.
I lived in New York for ten years, but I returned to Kentucky to be near my family and I live here now with two cats, a pug son, a couple of ghosts and a complicated beautiful man. I've known him since high school, and I love him more everyday.
I have two amazing nieces.
I have a space between my front teeth and a blonde streak in my hair.
I can’t stand to wear uncomfortable shoes, but I love to paint my toenails.
There are few things as beautiful to me as the musical lilt of mountain speech or the sound of a crying fiddle.
I am a proud liberal pro-choice Democrat and a feminist.
I am a white person who cares deeply about racial equality.
I am a straight person who cares deeply about gay rights.
I am spiritual, but not religious.
I meditate, study Buddhism and talk to angels.
I am a Reiki III practitioner and I am a writer.
I have a BA in studio art from Transylvania University and an MFA in fiction writing from Sarah Lawrence College.
I believe in hope and transformation.
I believe that love is stronger than fear.
I believe in the magic that lives between the writer and the reader.
I believe in the healing power of creativity.
I believe that each one of us on this planet is an artist with a story to tell.
I'm telling my story as honestly as I can.
May all beings everywhere plagued
with sufferings of body and mind
quickly be freed from their illnesses.
May those frightened cease to be afraid,
and may those bound be free.
May the powerless find power,
and may people think of befriending
one another.
May those who find themselves in trackless,
fearful wilderness--
the children, the aged, the unprotected--
be guarded by beneficent celestials,
and may they swiftly attain Buddhahood.
Green thumb wishes, headed your way! I liked your first post . . .
Posted by:Jill | April 18, 2008 at 09:47 PM