Jody Walker
Author | 201 S. Massachusetts Ave., Cumberland, MD 21502 |
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I was born (2/10/45) and raised in Frostburg, MD. My goal as a writer is to wake people up to the beauty of the natural world and to its interconnectedness with all of life. I now live in Cumberland with my husband, Carey who is a retired teacher from the Allegany County School System. I was an elementary teacher for 20 years with BS and M.... more
I was born (2/10/45) and raised in Frostburg, MD. My goal as a writer is to wake people up to the beauty of the natural world and to its interconnectedness with all of life. I now live in Cumberland with my husband, Carey who is a retired teacher from the Allegany County School System. I was an elementary teacher for 20 years with BS and MS degrees from Frostburg State University. Carey and I have two grown children, two grandchildren, two kittens and a pug.
I have published three articles in the Backbone Mountain Review and one book review in the magazine, “Light of Consciousness.”
I've been writing forever and have enjoyed participating in many writing classes over the years as well as studying with other writing groups in the community. Having two colleges near-by, I’ve been able to attend a variety of lectures from poetry and philosophy to spirituality and health and I’ve met some amazing people whose friendships have been a treasure.
Writing has been a lifelong love for me and whether I’ve kept my writings buried in dusty drawers, or shared them with professors, writers' groups, editors, or published them, the writer's flame burns undying in me.
My basic principles, summarized in one paragraph, stripped of labels: Treat your neighbors as you’d want to be treated; help the less fortunate; forgive others; educate youth in a well-rounded curriculum; live in harmony with Nature and within our means; encourage recognition that we are one species on one planet, with many differences but also with the same ultimate fate; push for kindness and fairness as globally accepted norms. Recognize that humanity, not money, is what we are ultimately working for. More