Writingchat Bios: E
I was born in March of 1948 in Sellersville, PA. My father, a
well-driller at the time, was also part owner of an old hotel coverted
into apartments located across the street from Schmell's General Store
in Applebachsville on the old stage coach run from Dublin to Bethlehem,
PA. It was a good place to grow up. Plenty of country to roam in and
plenty of kids to pal around with.
The family moved 7 miles west to Quakertown when I was five, purchasing
a small, white, monopoly house just outside the town line. The home is
still owned by my mother.
I graduated from Quakertown Community High School in 1966 and went in
the US Navy immediately. I spent six years in the Navy and never boarded
a ship. I was an intelligance yeoman, attached to admiral's staffs.
Thanks to the Navy, I spent three years living in London where both my
children were born.
I exited the Navy and started a string of jobs that finally led me to
Phoenix, AZ in late 1992. Along the way I acquired another son, who
lives out here with me. The other two are still live back in PA where my
daughter recently gave birth to my second grandson.
In June of this year I joined an on-line work shop called Write Lab and
started learning the craft of fiction writing. I also joined a great
group of people on-line at the WritingChat coffee house. The discipline
I acquired thanks to participation in these two groups enabled me to
come to grips with what I wanted to achieve as a writer. I now have some
direction and am working toward attaining the writing goals I'd like to
accomplish.
This past summer I drove to Oregon to visit SaraZara and her husband.
They opened their home to me and I had a wondrous time visiting with
them. Me being single, David asked whether I intended to every marry
again. I told him I figured I would and he suggested I get busy and make
myself available. When I returned home, I followed up on David's
suggestion.
I placed my profile on something called Match.Com which is a way to meet
people on the Internet. My profile wasn't the usual
height/weight/this-is-what-I-want type of thing. I posted one of the
poems I wrote about the relationships of the Weald peoples. I simply
stated, "If you can see me in this, please write."
I didn't expect many responses, but the ones I received were from truly
nice individuals. Within weeks, one exceptional young lady, Pam, and
myself were corresponding on a daily basis. This led to huge phone
bills, our recent on-line wedding, produced by Judge Babs, and a family
of five dogs and two cats. In case you're wondering, Pam and I never
saw each other in person until I flew out to Ohio to pick her up for our
trip back to Arizona. Also in case you're wondering, we would both do
it again in a New York second. Nice things can happen on the Net!
See Barb Hampton.
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