When I was in 9th grade my art teacher took me out of class and told me I should consider becoming an artist, and, after getting my BA in English Lit, renovating 6 houses, opening an art gallery and moving to NYC, that's what I did. 

graphite, pen and ink, oil, electrons , houses, husband, dogs

Art, humor, science and technology, science fiction, Victorian novels, history, food, Spain, and the shiny thing dangled in front of me.