My Blogger site had over 250k reads when I closed it, but here I am again.
I was born in Corvallis, Oregon, lived briefly in Portland, then spent the rest of my childhood in Seattle where I attended the University of Washington as a studio arts major. Since 1979 I have lived with my husband in a family home on the Oregon coast, frequently traveling these days to Portland where our sons live with their families.
After 40 years of teaching, Art in a girls’ prep school and then English in a small public high school and community college, I walk the coastal shore or Portland streets each day for as long as I like.
My writing has earned an Oregon Literary Arts Fellowship, Arts & Letters fellowship, Soapstone residency, Pushcart nomination, and publication in journals such as Brevity and the Brevity blog, Catamaran Literary Review, The MacGuffin, CALYX Journal, Metaphorosis (with podcast), Liminal Stories, Raven Chronicles, The Humanist, and North American Review. An MFA graduate from Pacific University, I live and create in the NW corner of my home state of Oregon where I am currently working on my next project.
I taught college writing for eleven years, ran writing workshops, presented for the Oregon Council and National Council of Teachers of English, and published about writing and literature in Oregon English Journal as well as national journals. I am dancing as fast as I can.
IMPERFECT PATIENCE 
You are amazing!
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Thank you so much! It’s been fun, though disappointing on one level. I am anxious to get in today and back to work on the shawl.
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Gorgeous photos. Looks like you are having a great time demonstrating to an audience.
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Several people stopped and watched, asking questions etc. That was the best part.
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Beautiful! I’m sure even if people aren’t buying they are taking home something from seeing your stuff and hearing about your process. (Also my favorite blue!)
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Thank you! Yes! It’s the teaching instinct, you know?
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Once a teacher…
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Will you be weaving there the entire time of the show?
Jean M
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Come see me! I will be weaving in the gallery most days it’s open until I finish the warp. I am making good progress. Usually there noon to 2pm, Thursday-Sunday, but I won’t be there tomorrow because I am running the Columbia Bridge Crossing (10k/6.2 miles) and I expect to need a nap! And I have a dental appointment on Thursday, so Friday, Saturday, and Sunday this coming weekend. Sold a shawl this afternoon!
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We won’t be out there again until the end of the month, but we’ll try to stop by. Would love to see you again!
Jean
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Give a call!
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Stunning photos. You have many talents. Your weaving is beautiful!
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Thank you so much!
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Your photos are stunning! [My mother’s maiden name was Smith; when I had middle name—abandoned in college—it was Lynn!]
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Somehow I missed this! I love you in red!
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Ah… thanks, Toni.
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