I've been tagged by Deborah with six random things about me, hmmm, well, like with Deborah, I’m pretty much stuck at home not so much because the weather is bad but because I’m battling asthma, so I figured why not see what I could come up with.1. In my mid twenties, living in Dallas, Texas I studied acting with Sidney Lumet’s father and ended up performing for over a year with a group he put together.
2. At twenty-eight I decided I wanted to teach school and returned to college. I paid my tuition that first year by working with a musical group that performed six nights a week in one of the local bar/coffee houses in Dallas. Not getting to bed until two in the morning surely made it hard to get to my seven o’clock classes on time since I lived in Dallas and went to school at the university in Denton – about thirty miles away. It was still fun though. Needless to say, I only did it for one year.
3. I’ve become a photography freak, can’t get enough, it’s a wonder I don’t sleep with my camera – my son’s camera that is. Good thing he doesn’t use it that much because I do. Most fun I’ve had in years! Fortunately, the cameras these days only require that you point and shoot and that’s about all I’m capable of, but it’s still fun!
4. I love to write, have ever since I was a little girl and cut pictures out of my mother’s magazines and wrote my own stories to go with them. I published a few things during my life, nothing major. But I did get carried away and enter the Amazon Breakthrough Novel contest last year and managed to get to the semi-finals. I was pretty pleased with that because there were 8,000 entries.
5. I love to cook, but these days both my son and I watch our diets and the fun things to cook are not necessarily low-fat or terribly healthy. Ah, but with the holidays coming up, I bet I cheat – just a little!
6. When my kids Dad and I were living in Europe, he participated in a fencing tournament sponsored by the French Troops in Germany. The American team won the tournament and at the party later that evening I was asked to lead off the dancing for the evening with the Commander of the French Troops in Germany. One of those giggly fun moments.
So, now come the rules for Six Random Facts, they're pretty straightforward:
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag six people at the end of your post and link to them.
5. Let each person know they've been tagged and leave a comment on their blog.
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up.
Okay, now I'm going to go on my on tagging spree. And, as Deborah told me, this can be Tagging Without Obligation, so don't worry if you're busy and want to pass. I'm sure there will be
another one.
Kate at Shambles Manor
Kay Travelers Wife
June 70 Plus and Still Kicking
Dianne Forks Off The Moment
Glinda Soaring With Glinda
Judy Living on the Other Side of the Hill
10 comments:
you are certainly an interesting person-have you written your life story?
No, never really thought about it. It's been a good life, some bad, like everyone.
Wow - I didn't realize you are big time into "the arts" (guess that's the purpose of memes like this! No wonder your posts are so entertaining and your photos so wonderful! BTW, I actually studied fencing for awhile in high school. I got pretty good at defeating my opponents, but I think that may be less due to skill and more because a I'm a southpaw; threw everyone off.
Hi Sylvia
Thanks for the tag. Really I put a lot about myself in my profile - unusual I know. So I think people know me reasonably well from that. I'll see what happens .. something will rise in the simmering pot.
By the way your novel - what happened to it? Is there any chance that you could serialise it the way I have done with 'Paternity' on Journeys in Creative Writing? I'm up to episode six and about to launch number 7 very soon.(The rest are still there though)
Could be fun for all of us if you got going too. I did it as a sort of experiment and I'm amazed at how popular it is. I thought bloggers were used to reading in short blasts, but this shows one must never say die!
June in Oz
Gosh you are having a great life...so interesting! No wonder you love to write, you have so much to say! Don't ever stop!
Dang! This was a fun read. I really like these things. They're a quickl way to get to know little tidbits aout someone that you may never find out in day to day conversation.
An actress, singer, author. WOW! That's pretty impressive.
I was actually a drama major. Now, I'm just a faded drama queen.
Good gosh, Sylvia! You have led such an interesting, amazing life. I'm going to have to wait a good long while before I can think of six interesting things about me... sigh.... I'm thinking.... I'm thinking....
that privilege of leading the dance must have been heady!!
Hi Sylvia, I really enjoyed reading all the interesting things you have done in your life. Thanks for thinking of me. I will have to think about it for a while. I am loving June's novel on Paternity. Like she said, maybe, you should consider putting yours online. Thanks again.
Hi Sylvia, Like Judy I too will need a think about it, - gosh, it doesn't seem that long since I did one of these. Mind you, with my memory it was probably about 6 months ago, though it only seems like a couple of weeks. A throw back to aging I suppose hehehe... Anyway, I 'll have a think and get back to you in a couple of days. Cheers, Kate x.
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