1. Born breached-- had to be different
2. Wore a mini-skirt to senior prom
3. Flowers in hair in San Francisco
4. Hitchhiked naked and studied Shakespeare's
sonnets
5. Paris--Tried to drink like writers
6. Illinois--tried sobering up like secretaries
7. Fiction and Poetry Editor, Dialogue Magazine
8. First child at thirty-six; second forty.
9. Decade being lied to for living*
10 Following my bliss as freelance writer
Author Notes
*Working as certified substance abuse counselor, I used to tell my kids, "Don't lie to Mommy. Mommy gets lied to for a living." Indicating the amount of fabricating alcoholics and addicts in denial do.
This is the authentic voice of an old woman who hopes she has learned some things to share. It is about transformation. It is becoming our true selves. It is finally about returning to Oneness. It is also about writing and recovery.
MY WILD LIFE IN TEN LINES, SIX WORDS EACH
1. Born breached-- had to be different
2. Wore a mini-skirt to senior prom
3. Flowers in hair in San Francisco
4. Hitchhiked naked and studied Shakespeare's
sonnets
5. Paris--Tried to drink like writers
6. Illinois--tried sobering up like secretaries
7. Fiction and Poetry Editor, Dialogue Magazine
8. First child at thirty-six; second forty.
9. Decade being lied to for living*
10 Following my bliss as freelance writer
Author Notes
*Working as certified substance abuse counselor, I used to tell my kids, "Don't lie to Mommy. Mommy gets lied to for a living." Indicating the amount of fabricating alcoholics and addicts in denial do.
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