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I was born in the middle of a summer long long ago, 4th up and 4th down of 7 children in Southern Idaho. In 1976, many years after dropping out of high school, with two children still at home and two out on their own, I graduated from Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho, with a bachelor's degree in English and a bachelor's in art. Two years later had my MA in English from Washington State University. Over the years, as I raised children and taught English Comp, when I found time, I painted - on canvas, on plywood, on paper. June of 2006, I retired and moved from Kansas City, Missouri, to Boise, Idaho, where, waiting for my divorce, I worked with my younger sister's help, to remodel, paint, and 'flip' a house and in late September that year, I and two dogs moved to Heyburn, Idaho, to a little house three miles from my mother's studio in Burley, where at 91 she joins other painters in her studio and continues to paint beautiful landscapes and other art.
Spring of 2007, I realized I wanted to paint - just paint. So since then I have painted 15 to 20 hours a week, produced over 400 paintings and sold a few, too. Since the oil spill in the gulf last year, my paintings focused on "planets," with the idea of saving this plane central in mind. Layers and shapes of the earth are layers of the earth's consciousness to me, and I love to paint roundness into shapes, letting a pearlish moon represent the passage of time.
I respect those who put their beliefs on the line and work for the environment, for peace, freedom, and development of programs that help those unable to help themselves.
I enjoy tolerant folks who enjoy work AND play. They aren't profligate but they aren't selfish, either. They are happy jumping into a car or pickup for a trip to the mountains or the ocean and happy to spend the day working in the yard.
I like people who don't carry grudges and are not afraid of other people's ideas. They aren't creationists, anti-abstractionists, sexist, racist or homophobic. They are attracted to bright and independent folks who know their own mind, but don't care to own folks.
They love music, art, literature, ideas, conversations and GOOD jokes and are comfortable in a rowdy crowd (for example, my family), or completely alone. They love themselves for the child they were and the adult they are and are not looking for someone to make up for all the grief life has handed them.
I like people who believe it's our responsibility to do what we can to protect the planet and the people and animals in it. They want to do what they can for less fortunate people - maybe a neighbor, maybe a stranger.
People I like don't label someone with an earnest opinion a fanatic. In fact, they don't label folks. And if I disagree with something they did or said, they don't tell ME I've got an anger problem. Anger problems come from NOT telling people how you feel. "Anger unexpressed can poison a relationship as surely as the unkindest word." (one of these days I'll remember who said that and come back here to post it).
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