Born in Arizona, I have lived in Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia,
Pennsylvania, Illinois, Texas, and Michigan. Eight schools were attended in twelve years: some claim this is how I developed
my extraversion -- I was always the new kid!
Since 1997 I have been happily married to David Neumann. We
share our home with our two black-and-white cats.
We live on the southern shores of Lake Superior in the gorgeous
Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Whether we're greeted each morning by snow or sun, we love it here!
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Kia and David
Loving life, living love.
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Tidbits
David is a certified elementary teacher who loves
the Packers and NASCAR.
Kia is a college teacher who loves cheese and classic movies.
It's a match made in heaven (as long as there
are two t.v. sets)!
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Anxiety
Hides behind lace curtains
Silent, still, scared to breathe.
If she moves, draws attention,
Makes herself visible,
The flush and flood of terror
And flashbacks of Worry
Will set the clocks forward
To her future
Which flies low, close to the water,
Hovering near the place between
Flight and Flustered.
Hunched, holding delicate threads,
And peering through the half-inch glass
That would shatter with the
Tap of a finger,
She looks without looking
And hears her heart in her ears.
She freezes and melts
Simultaneously,
Becoming
Gelatenous statue.
From the outside,
She appears to be
Curious, Shadow and Fearless,
But from her place behind the curtain,
She trembles and holds onto the
Tatted loops,
Knowing she will die or
Escape into panic
Which is on loan
From those whose
Windows are
Not Covered.
These are a few of my favorite things...
Cheese (especially from Wisconsin), Adam
Ant, James Spader, Andrew McCarthy, Schlotzsky's, Mexican food, musicals, and rainy/snowy days.
Favorite Reads:
- Anything by Andrew M. Greeley
- Anything by Frank McCourt
- Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
- The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. LeGuin
- "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
- Bus Stop and Dark at the Top of the Stairs by William Inge
- The Quiet Room by Lori
Schiller and Amanda Bennett
- "may i feel said he" by e.e. cummings
- "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- Bitter Milk by Madeleine Grumet
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie
- "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks
- "Lady Lazarus" by Sylvia Plath
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