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Anita H. Growing into Myself ping Anita You are not connected to Anita H. The Basics Location: Northern Michigan Birthday: March 23 Profile updated: Nov 02, 2008 Last signed in: Jun 25, 2009 Member since: Apr 09, 2007 Friends view all » maria (lurking in the shadows of the night) B. Casey M. Susan B. Gretchen Lee Bourquin Autumn Farrington Trish A. F. Jeanette c. Dan H. Gary Gentry Groups view all » Genre Creatives Challenge Unofficial Gatherholics The Reader's Lounge Completely Shameless Point Whoring Gather Writing Essential Writers Get Noticed Get the point? Mark's Point Gathering For.... Anita H.'s Popular Tags serial fiction (29) installment (18) challenge (18) poetry (17) to be continued (14) mystery (13) serial fiction and other lies (12) selection (10) the hunger (7) the cruise (7) writing (6) ppow (6) installments (5) keyword (5) humor (5) bonus challenge (4) final installment (4) living proof (4) pow (4) alison pearce (4)

Anita is finally doing what she likes (most of the time). Spotlight A Poem for My Daughter--and her Poetic response! rating: 10 | comments: 7 Ten years ago, when my oldest daughter, Courtney,  was 16, I wrote this poem for her.  Last week, she shared a poem she had written in response--she said she had been working on it for a long . . . more NaNoWriMo novice, day 2 rating: 10 | comments: 4 Serial Fiction weeks 1-2 selections: Living Proof rating: 10 | comments: 2 Green rating: 10 | comments: 5 About Me People say I'm: creative, intuitive, disorganized, empathetic, non-confrontational, a good friend. Describe Yourself: hugged trees so long I am growing bark; organic gardener, artist, poet; married 27 years to a "big, dumb jock" as I judged him on first sight; got my MA in Humanities ("you want a shake with those fries?") in 2005; started teaching college composition (112 level) at Northwestern Michigan College this fall--what a blast! On Gather, I'm Looking For ...: Writing challenges, feedback, supportive communities, constructive criticism, advice, intelligent content, information on a variety of topics and interests. Interests Lately I've been listening to: One Republic I'm currently reading: The textbook for the course I'm teaching. Got to keep ahead of the students! The last movie I watched was: Kinky Boots My must-see show is: Dexter; Pushing Daisies I'd love to visit: New Zealand, my daughter & son-in-law in North Carolina I'm curious about: Almost everything Topping my Wish List is: Self-discipline Favorite Music, Artists, Genres: Jimmy Buffet, Dan Fogelberg, folk, rock, pop, Motown to Mozart. Songs by Caiti H. Favorite Books, Writers, Genres: Double Whammy, Water for Elephants, The Road, Wild Apples, Five Skies, Books about gardening, etymology, writing; Carl Hiasson, Stephen King, John Grisham, Thoreau, Dylan Thomas, Juvenile fiction Favorite Movies, Actors, Genres: Across the Universe, Kinky Boots, Shakespeare in Love, Victor/Victoria, Roxanne, Citizen Kane Favorite TV Shows, Actors: CSI (Las Vegas), Medium, NCIS, Heroes, Dexter, Pushing Daisies, The Mentalist Favorite Places: Da U.P.; Montana; Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore; Poe Shoals Cabin; Fort Michilimackinac Interests and Activities: Gardening, knitting, kayaking, Colonial re-enactment (volunteer), camping, reading, writing, making jewelry, playing guitar and (beginning) mandolin. Wish List: A life, A career, Time and money to travel Factoids: I'll be a grandmother in November! Marley Paige! Time to stock up on books, Pampers, and stuff to spoil the kiddies!, I started a new job this fall as an adjunct instructor of Composition at Northwestern Michigan College. Affiliations Religious Affiliation: Episcopalian Colleges: B.A. Denison University in Ohio, M.A. Central Michigan University Major: B.A. English/Writing, M.A. Humanities Ping Me You cannot post a blank ping. You're all pinged out (too much of a good thing is a bad thing). close Displaying 7 of 7 Pings Lou Anne L., Aug 15, 2008, 8:08AM EDT Greetings Anita! My name is Lou Anne, and I am the author of the Salzburger Raisin Bread post...I would be glad to post it to your group if you send me a group request! view Lou Anne's profile | Ping Lou Anne Russell Lee Miller, Aug 6, 2008, 6:10PM EDT Hi Anita. Thank you for the kind words. I can your aversion to my show. I too do not go to air shows. I've seen enough real video to know I never want to experience what you've experienced. I am sorry that you, and they, had to go through that. You have an interesting and very full life and I am looking forward to reading your work. view Russell Lee's profile | Ping Russell Lee Russell Lee Miller, Aug 5, 2008, 3:26PM EDT Thank you so much for the kind words and for the connection! Looking forward to reading your work. view Russell Lee's profile | Ping Russell Lee Kathy W., Jul 6, 2008, 10:51PM EDT I'm on the "East Coast" of Missouri - St. Louis. It is a severely wonderful city to live in. You sound close (sans echo) but it might just be the rising tides we have going on around here. Wilka view Kathy's profile | Ping Kathy Kathy W., Jul 6, 2008, 7:00PM EDT Proud to connect. Your music is my music if you are Buffett to DanMan, Motown to Mozart? How 'bout Beatles to Bach? That's me. Thanks for the invitation to your family of G-friends. Blessings, Wilka view Kathy's profile | Ping Kathy Robert D., Jan 30, 2008, 12:46AM EST Buffett & Fogelberg, Motown to Mozart?!? Very cool eclectic mix. I am much the same way with music. Too bad about Dan Fogelberg dying this weekend; he will be missed. Thanks for dropping by with comments! view Robert's profile | Ping Robert sheila h., Jan 29, 2008, 2:48PM EST Rolling chat tonight! 930pm eastern usa bring your bag of tricks and topics ... and be forewarned..it moves fast! hope y'all can make it! please look for my article kicking off the chat. ~ invite a friend! sheila h hey you need more pings! view sheila's profile | Ping sheila top