I hear famous authors asked, ‘When did you start writing?’. The usual response is ‘I’ve always written as far back as I can remember.’

I won’t be saying that when the question comes my way. In my own life, writing was a sometime consideration, without the passion many writers seem to have in their own endeavors. When I was 23 years old I found myself with a little bit of spare time on my hands. I started to read the classics, joined a classical music record club, took a class in creative writing, and found a book in the library on journaling. My life at the time was upside down. Journaling was promised as a way to make sense of tangled webs. So I started to write in my notebooks, then later on my laptop when personal computers became available. I wrote mostly about my feelings, good and bad, about relationships and aspirations. I’ve tried to write regularly in my journals, daily when possible. My journal has been a best friend to me now for most of my adult life.
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