My favorite writers took many years to gain my attention as I was such an outdoor child I couldn't sit down long enough to read. To amend that my teacher ot me the first in the Laura Ingalls Wilder series and I ate them up. I was 9 and pledged to live a life close to that pioneering style. I used that in my violin playing, choosing to play any and every type of music BUT classical and country. I dreamed of being a cartoonist. I had always loved art but it took a back seat until my Professor at college told me I should stop everything, be comfortable with disco more...