Born in Little Rock, AR.  Spent a childhood of insecurity with "loving", but drinking parents (those who know what that's like... KNOW).  Am an only child ... thus I do "only" very well.   I became the parent of those two at age 10.

I've always been a writer of this or that.  When I sit down to write my fingers "fly" and I can't shut me up.  Problem:... I don't sit down for another six months.  

With no motivation at  home... and accepting my own responsibility here, as in laziness, I showed no "spark" of much of anything in school and was a mediocre student.   There was no college in my future.  Just get married and pregnant, or pregnant and married the later being my case. 

So I've been married way too many times.. but have scads of experiences to tell ranging from disbeieving survival stories, super woman with enough spirituality to "accend".   

I love my life... and cringe when people ask what I'm best at, because the natural response is "writing" and realizing how much time I'm wasting in not doing it. 

How did you get to where you are now?

Duck, Dive, Hide,  Kiss, Smile, Smooze, Sex and never getting stuck...knowing when to leave.   I've used everyone and everything I discovered to trudge the road of happy destiny and I'm still here.

How do you see yourself differently now than you did 10 years ago?

I'm single again.  I was 60 ten years ago.  I'm 70 now and can't imagine what will show up next.  I know enough, based on all that experience that it ain't over. 

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

Let's see... that would be 80!!   Well, 80 is the new 60 so guess I'll must take the money and play.   I'd try for a younger man.. but men aren't worth "paying for". 

Dearest Jo,

You are not the center of the Universe.. and there is nothing you need to  hang on to except loved ones. Everything is just "stuff".   Let Go!  Seek Clarity and Fear Not! 

You can get whatever you sign up for but it's hard work and therein lies self respect. 

Eleanor Roosevelt, Kathryn Hepburn, Meryl Streep, Lucille Ball, Erma Bombeck, Mother Teresa.