I
grew up in Small-Town, USA, in the Central Washington Cascades. I
remember desperately wanting to get out of town, and live anywhere but
there. And one day, I did. In September 2001, I made the move “across
the pond” to Edinburgh, Scotland, to study at Napier University. The
experience was definitely life-changing. Because of my travels, I gained
a new-found respect and appreciation for my home town, and a new-found
level of self confidence and joy that I never before knew could exist.
Oh, and I met my husband there, too. Talk about life-changing! I am now
happily settled in the Palouse Region of Eastern Washington.
My dream lifestyle is a combination of the following television
characters: Donna Reed, Barbara Good, Murphy Browne, and Mackenzie
Allen. This way, I would always look impeccable with ease; live a
carbon-neutral, and self-sustaining “green” lifestyle; be bold and
brazen, working hard for success and not allowing anyone to diminish my
accomplishments; and be the leader of the [free] world.
I am an aspiring artist of the written word; with hopes to (one day)
publish a book or two. [Note to self: dust off the typewriter and get
busy!] I enjoy a variety of hobbies from graphic design and knitting;
baking and sewing; gardening and home remodel/DIY work; and running and
bike riding.
My ultimate goal in life is to one day rule the world. This desire
started rather innocently when I was a young child, as a desire to start
my own state. I can vividly recall the start of my dream: while taking a
cross-country road trip with my family, I noticed that there was a gap
between the “Now Leaving [blank] State” and “Welcome to [blank] State”
signs. I asked my father who owned that bit of the country, and if no
one did, can anyone claim it for their own. His reply was, essentially,
I don’t know, but I suppose someone could make a claim to the land.
Which was, likely, a way to cease the line of questions for which
curious young children are often known. With Dad’s answer, I began to
think about the state I would start, and the logistics of visiting
people in your state if it was essentially a winding network of land,
maybe 3-20 feet wide, around the nation. As I grew up, I began to think
of ways to trade that winding network off so that eventually I’d have a
larger, more well-connected land mass to call “the State of Frances.”
Eventually, that led to dreams of my own island, which led to dreams of
my own country, then continent … well, you get the picture.
Want to know more about me? I intend to add random thoughts to my pages
from time to time, so check back and see what I’m thinking …