I’ve always been an artist at heart, yet my love of learning led me to become a teacher, principal and superintendent of education. I loved the students and the work — and I’d like to think that I brought creativity to it — but being a practicing artist was not something I was able to do simultaneously. However, I knew that when I retired and when time would become my own, I would turn to the artist within to take me through the next chapter of my life. And so, I did.
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