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Writing is like breath to me. That may change at some point; yet, it has transformed my emotional, psychological, & physical life. 

Like other folks in their 50s, I've trekked life's hills & valleys and continue to integrate lessons of past & present. That is mainly what I write about - life as I have experienced and continue to experience. It's the one thing I feel that I am an authority on, and sometimes I'm not even sure about that.

My journey has led me through various experimental spiritual paths, surviving chronic health issues with multiple surgeries, caring for a quadriplegic father and for my mom who had bipolar disorder, bearing and growing with my two children, home-eclectic-unschooling my children, a continued marriage going on 28 years, and more.

I joined Hubpages as another experimental venue for writing. I mainly post on my blogs, of which I have four.

My main blog has been toss & ripple (cult-recovery, memoir, musings).

My other blogs include:  soulfeet (transcription of a past journal), freedom trek (memoir in process), and parchment anthology (poetry).

More of my poetry can be found at nekot's tokens on poetrypages. I've been published in four poetry anthologies.

My interests involve animals; art; reading; hiking, backpacking; blogging; writing; nature; poetry; memoir; music; psychology; mental health; alternative, integrative, and mind-body medicine; child development; education; sociology, post cult-recovery; spiritual matters; and more. I enjoy people, animals, time alone, snow, sunshine, cold, hot, rain, clear skies, fast, slow, & in-between. 

I am the owner of a pet sitting and dog walking services. I'm employed part-time as a studio manager where we distribute vendable miniature art via regenerated cigarette machines. I also substitute teach, dancing and making music with little people. 

Thanks for visiting!

To life,
~carol welch  

(Updated November, 2011)