Since I’m indeed only one person and don’t have a staff on-hand to handle email replies, I thought it might be useful to answer some of the most frequently asked questions that I receive from the blog.  If you have any others, please post them under ‘Comments’ here and I will do my best to answer them…if I’m feeling generous. 

Q1:  Is your blog for REAL (i.e. true)?

A:  Yes, my blog is true and based on actual events that have occurred or are occuring in my life.  Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.

Q2:  Is that YOUR eye?

A:  Yes, that is my eye.  Why does this surprise and fascinate so many of you?  Don’t we all have eyes?  ‘The better to see you with, my pretty!’

 Q3:  Are you a professional writer?

A:  If you mean ‘do I earn a living as a writer?’…Yes and no. I write in the corporate arena, but not nearly as creatively as I can here.

 But yes, I am a writer and have been since childhood.

 Q4:  Is your work published or have you ever been?

A:  No, the blog is not published in printed form.  Yes, I am fortunate enough to have scatterings of my poems published.  I have volumes of handwritten journals which will likely never see the inside of a publishing house.  That’s ok, though.  I’m not seeking fame or fortune.  If my writing or poetry touches or speaks to you, that is the biggest compliment I could possibly receive.   As Peter McWilliams said so eloquently, “These are your poems.  I only wrote them down.”

Q5:  Is your ‘voice’ on here how you are in person?

 A:  Yes.  Entirely.

 

A:  No, and that’s not a reflection on any of you.  You are all lovely and inspring to me as well.  I’m just not interested in getting married again…too much paperwork involved.

Q9:  Are you REALLY this ‘nice’ of a person?

A:  Yes, I really am.  Ironically, nothing shocks people more.