What do your fans mean to you?
Fans? That's a new concept for me...Ok, well...Once a very good friend told me I was her hero...She had gotten married young & had children & a mortgage & responsibilities, well, I, was still wild & crazy & living free...Truth is I didn't know any better...I was still trying to figure things out & felt that I certainly wasn't good enough until I did...I needed to have some sort of career & self-respect before I could hitch my ride to someone else...But women liked me for the way I had somehow evaded the inevitable...Wait this is not what you were asking was it? Fans...People who like me I like them right back...I need & love support...As an artist, I have a soft underbelly...I think it comes with the job...You can't care deeply & be hard at the same time...Fans...Yeah I need fans...All those years of trying to formulate medical ideas, all those years of sounding like a lunatic-that's when I needed fans the most...Turns out I married my biggest fan...A guy, a man, who lets me be free, but married at the same time...We didn't have children though...Possibly a big regret, possibly a big relief...I am told parenting comes with much cleaning...I am a messy person, so have concluded that perhaps parenting would not have been right for me either...On the other hand, with this book, Grove Body Part Chart:A medical Arts Innovation, it's like I am an uberparent...Theoretically I could be teaching millions of people how to save their own lives...That's a whole lot of parenting, just on a bigger scale...Phew...Next question?
What are you working on next?
Oh Lord! That's a big question...Honestly? Gorgeousness first...Been sitting around in my bathrobe drinking tea or coffee while trying to edit this book...My gorgeousity has suffered...Need to get some fresh air, some exercise...Spiffy myself up a bit...Reconnect with the husband...I feed Trumpeter swans from November to April...That takes up much of the next 6 months...Connecting with them each winter allows me time to regroup...Regroup my brain...In terms of a work project, ask me again when winter is done & the swans have spoken...We'll see how it goes...
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