Why do I write?

A friend gave me a key chain that says
Live the Life You Love, when Pete and I purchased our RV. One of the requirements for the purchase was a place for me to work.

I consider writing to be my career. One which I love. I still work a paying job, but every chance I get, out comes the laptop, pen, or camera.

Ideas and inspiration are everywhere.

Recently, a friend asked if I needed to be at my desk to create. “Nope,” I replied. For instance, one of the songs in Kingdom at a Crossroad was written while I worked the lumber desk at one of my jobs.”

Books have always been a major part of my life. From Little Golden Books through the childrens classics like Heidi, Black Beauty and Misty of Chincoteague, I’ve always enjoyed slipping away to another world.

The authors and genres over the years have by turn made me laugh and cry. Sometimes they scared me to death or pushed me to the edge of my seat.

So, in that spirit I hope to one day gift you with those emotions. Sit and laugh and cry, scream or quietly contemplate. To take an adventure and visit new places. Make new friends and conquer some enemies.

Maybe you to have the wanderlust and we’ll meet in a campground or rest stop.
In the words of J.R.R. Tolkien.

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

J. R. R. Tolkien