With a youth consumed by both 4-H fairs and the theatre department  I found myself quoting Shakespeare in livestock barns.'Unusual' has been a  lifelong theme for me,  and also an endless source of facination and inquiry in my writing, artwork, designing and point of view. I've been a doll artist for the past 3 decades, and have written articles and instruction manuals on construction and materials. As a clothing designer with my own workshop I've written in house process manuals and taught sewing classes. My theatrical background has influenced my expression -- most of my first works are plays and screenplays, with one or two young, angsty poetry collections. I'm also drawn to transformational thought and process, and have life coach and seminar experience. K. Vonnegut and Spalding Gray have always been favorites, and ontological conversations can facinate me well into the night.