In the mundane world, I'm a college instructor devoted to the educational side of life, humbly serving as a guide to students who are trying to have a better life through learning English as a Second Language.  I am extremely proud and honored that my academic career has lead me here, where I can make such a vital contribution to bettering lives.  

I recently was hired to teach an ESL class for our city's major newspaper, which will be branched out into other major corporate businesses in Houston by the end of this year.  The greatest feeling in the world is when you receive a "thank you" from a student - a thank you for helping them begin to open doors the before were difficult at best to access much less to assist in their creating a better quality of life for themselves.  I am humbled everyday.  Truly when the student is ready, the teacher appears.

Teaching may never make me rich.  No one will probably ever make a movie out of my life, but there are hundreds of people out there who take me with them wherever they go and in whatever they do with their lives from this point on and that's enough fame for me.

I am also on a consultant team developing the system policy and curriculum for a distance study pilot geared towards community college adult learners - the first in the Texas region.  This is my first opportunity to teach instructors how to teach, and I'm loving it. 

Additionally, I've been actively engaged in editing and reviewing the work of other talented writers and am poised to write several academic articles which I will post soon.  I also received the honor of composing a love poem to commemorate an anniversary and got paid for it, too! 

The struggles between all the extremes in life inspire me to write. Of course, the ultimate influence is everyday life as it comes to me, or I go to it, whichever comes first. The psychological, spiritual, physical and mental qualities that form the foundation of life have fueled my passions since I first began to read.  You will find some, if not all, in everything I write, and in everything I embrace and love in life.

The muse in my life is my one and only beloved Babe (that's the brains and beauty behind who the rest of the world knows as the reknowned lesbian erotica author Blue Sleighty, who is not only a talented writer, she is a wonderfully talented artist). 

When you read my poetry, it is quite clear that she is the seed that gives birth to my heart's breath at the dawn of every morn and the blessed rain of peace in my soul at the closing of every evening.   We are the love story I always yearned for my entire life, and we are pledged to each other for the rest of our lives.

If I have a style, it's romantically freerange. I write from inspiration without much regard to formality. It's the one place I color outside the lines. If you find this offensive, you have been warned.

And YES, I tend to be an overdramatic, sappy romantic lesbian, but I am in good company . . . .

 Jag and her Babe (aka Blue Sleighty)