Marie Mitchell:  

(STILL DO) AND DIANE JONES. I ALSO RECALL MANY NIGHTS STUDYING WITH MY COUSIN KIM NEAL FOR HISTORY TESTS (FOR ALL THE GOOD IT DID US). THERE ARE TOO MANY MEMORIES TOO COUNT. I HAD GREAT FUN WITH EDDIE AND DANNY ROWE. THERE WERE SOME HILLARIOUS TIMES WITH BETH INVOLVING TONY MANCHESTER AND MIKE BECHEN. I HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF GOING SKATING WITH BETH AND RYAN MAAS. HE WAS THE DJ AND ALWAYS PLAYED THE SONGS I LIKED BY THE CARS AND THE SPLIT ENZ. THE TEACHERS WHO INSPIRED ME THE MOST WERE RONNI POWERS, MR. WAINSCOTT, AND MR. DAVIS, ALONG WITH BILL BLEVIN'S, THE JUNIOR HIGH PRINCIPAL WHO SAW SOMETHING IN ME THAT I COULD NOT SEE AND HELPED NURTURE IT. College MY COLLEGE ATTENDANCE WAS LIMITED TO THE THINGS THAT INTERESTED ME. I ATTENDED COLLEGE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH THE EMPHASIS ON THE ARTS. MY CLASSES INCLUDED, CLASSICAL VOICE TRAINING, MUSIC THEORY, MUSIC APPRECIATION, DRAMA, ORAL INTERPRETATION, CREATIVE WRITING, ART APPRECIATION AND STUDIO RECORDING. I STILL ATTEND POETRY READINGS WHERE I READ MY OWN WORKS OR THOSE OF WRITERS SUCH AS ANNE SEXTON, SYLVIA PLATH, AND OLD SCHOOL WORKS FROM RIMBAUD, BYRON, ETC........ Workplace I USED TO WORK AT WAL-MART WHEN I WAS A GIRL IN MOUNTAIN HOME. I LIKED WAL-MART BETTER THEN. I MOVED TO CALIFORNIA IN 1983 AND TRAINED AS A MEDICAL ASSISTANT. SOMEHOW I ALWAYS ENDED UP AS THE OFFICE MANAGER AND FOUND IT OFFERED NO OUTLET FOR MY CREATIVITY. I TOOK A BREAK TO HELP MY HUSBAND RAISE HIS SON AND WAS IN MY THIRTIES BEFORE I BEGAN THE LONG TREK TOWARD MY DREAM TO BE A SINGER. I ACHIEVED MUCH MORE THAN I EVER THOUGHT I WOULD, EVEN SINGING AT THE STAPLES CENTER IN LOS ANGELES. PEOPLE ASK ME IF I HAVE MET FAMOUS PEOPLE, AND I HAVE. FAME IS NOT WHAT IT IS CRACKED UP TO BE. I KNOW STUDIO MUSICIANS WITH MORE TALENT THAN ANY NUMBER OF FAMOUS PEOPLE. CELEBRITY IS A PHENOMENON WITHOUT MUCH TO RECOMMEND IT BESIDES ALOT OF PRETENTIOUS NONSENSE. AS OF THIS WRITING I AM CONCENTRATING ON MY POETRY. I ATTEND POETRY READINGS AND FIND THEM QUITE STIMULATING. I HAVE BEEN WELL RECEIVED AND TAKE THIS AS AN OMEN TO FINALLY MAKE MY LAST BIG DREAM A REALITY.