I think I would like to be a Renaissance woman. It is just too hard to stick to one hobby or activity. Maybe women aren’t good at multi tasking out of necessity – maybe they start lots of projects so they don’t get bored! Its a little like playing a game with yourself. How many things can I start and finish today? Or, I must be alive because I have so much to do and finish!
On that note, my hobbies aren’t just flying, writing, making jewelry, and traveling. Of course I love to read and learn new things. Lately I’ve been learning In Design, a publishing program. The museum needed an editor, so I decided to save them money by putting it together myself. I didn’t know how much I didn’t know! Graphic design isn’t that easy – there’s a lot to it, and if it weren’t for Scott Thompson at Morin Printing, the books wouldn’t look nearly as professional as they do.
I used to make stained glass windows and sometimes still do. I love photography and I make cards and books out of my pictures. I love to speak to kids, and I used to act out characters from history in the schools. I teach colored pencil at the high school, and I just finished taking a watercolor class (learning to paint water!) on Mt. Hood with Claudia Nice. http://brightwoodstudio.com It was great and I can’t wait to go again in the fall to paint foliage! Maybe I’m a jack of all trades and master of none, but I love doing so many different things.
