Who is Meema?
My grandkids call me Meema. I am a problem-solving-maker-of-things.
The term marches to a different drummer doesn’t come
close. First, I designed and then built my own drum. In fact, it doesn't
really even look like a drum, then I composed the music which I must
play myself because no one can decipher my notations. I am an alien,
I think. Dropped off on earth by mistake.
Frankly, from my earliest recollections I can’t
think of a time or place when or where I truly fit in. There's been
no road ready for me to take, or someone to follow, so I have had
to learn how to hack a path out of the wilderness for myself. My life
long philosophy can be summed up with the old Chinese proverb, “Those
who say it cannot be done, should not interrupt the one doing it.”
At best I can claim I’ve learned to live with it and made peace
with being abnormal in a normal world.
When I say I make things this includes what I write.
I consider my writing to be an integral part of my creating and I
think of writing as crafting as much as using a compound mitre saw.
(Some might suggest my writing is done with a dull knife.)
I’ll refrain from putting out the whole resume
and focus on the writing part of my bio. I have one published article
(Photo District News, 1992, "Take This Job and Shoot it")
and three published short stories (Oh, Georgia! Anthology, Vol. III,IV).
I have been responsible for writing a column, “I was Just Thinking”,
for local publications (including Buford
Free Delivery), since 1990, my favorites of these resting in my
website on Meema's Porch in Makinghome
along with a collection of devotional essays titled, "Good
Morning, Father",
which has now been picked up by another local publication called The
Buford Buzz. I am a contributing columnist for the popular Fabulousfoods.com
webzine and Lo-Carb
Energy Magazine I also write, produce and perform puppet shows
and stories for charities both children and adult.
In May of 2002 I did the photography for "On
The Cutting Edge" by Vivian Peritts, Krause Publishing.
In the eighties I was the primary designer for the projects for a
book producer (Family Workshop) and my name can be found (with a magnifying
glass)in 2-point type in the credits of twenty-three How-To books
published by Chilton, Putnam and Double-Day, all of which are out
of print but continue to turn up like bad pennies on mark down tables
in remote and sundry places.
Most recently, I have a cookbook, 101
Low-Carb and Sugarfree Dessert Recipes 1st books Library
which is available on my website as well as Amazon.com
and a dozen other online sites.
My newest venture is Pixelated
Publishing - a website devoted to downloadable booklets.
That's all I'm telling for now.
