I live in Central Appalachia, in coal country. My family is from here, but I was raised in the Army. I moved here for the first time in 1996 at the age of 36.
I lived in Augusta, Georgia for 13 years - about as long as I've been here in Appalachia. I've also lived in:
- Stuttgart, Germany
- Canbera, Australia
- Singapore
- Guam
- Saipan, in the Northern Mariana Islands
- Hawaii, on the Big Island
- Penang, Malaysia
- Bangkok, Thailand
In college I studied social science the first time - psychology, sociology, a little anthropology. The next time I studied linguistics and earned a graduate degree from the Australian National University. I have a Master's of Science from Marshall University in Education.
I work as a teacher, specializing in disabilities. I've taught kindergarten to college.
I write. I've been writing since, well, as long as I can remember. I became interested in journalism in high school, edited a high school paper, edited my college paper, wrote for a small weekly or two, and spent a couple of years as a beat reporter for a rural daily paper. About 10 years ago I stated writing for the Internet; I've done a couple of short stints at the Suite and spent eight years as part of About Dot Com's Travel Channel (a New York Times Company). Now I write for Creative Weblogging and I have an education blog and a personal blog...
Online Now!
How's my teacher friend? Haha. Better write it in good writing. Don't call the cops on me for writing incorrectly. Haha.:)
