Grew up in the West (Kansas, Wyoming, Colorado, but have lived in a small Southern town for the past 30 years.  Now live on a small farm out in the middle of Southern "nowhere."  Have an abundance of critters: dogs, cats, chickens, cows, horses and one goofy donkey. Have a healthcare business management business and active in community projects.  I have always been a writer on some level.  Now it is a matter of "having" to write. (can't help it).