Michelle Ross:  

You know, I really like this opportunity to write and to read the writings of others. I just wrote my aunt in Canton and commented on not how time ticks along, but gallops. It's one of those funny realizations, and I remember when I (we) was/were just 21, and a DJ on a top 40 radio station in Cleveland made reference to the year 2000. Forty-seven years old seemed so old and far away back then , and I just laughed at the thought of the 21st century--kind of Twighlight Zonish. Now look, 2000 has come and gone by 10 years. Whew! I guess that's why I am impatient to live life and to live it with some sort of purpose. Germany, South Carolina and Kentucky have all been home at one point or another, and I hope to make China home for at least two years of teaching. It's a short term goal. Presently I teach anthropology courses for the University of South Carolina Sumter. I am a trained folklorist and do independent work for the SC Arts Commission and the McKissick Museum. Storytelling is another big part of my...Expand for more