These are people who have inspired me.
Natalie Goldberg, writer and teacher. Her book Writing Down the Bones introduced me to the power of writing and keeping a journal.
Carol Owen: mixed media artist, who makes the most wonderful shrines
Dr. Susan Pearlstein, Founder of Elders Share the Arts and activist for both seniors and arts
Susan Wittig Albert: writer, founder of Story Circle Network, herbalist, gardner
Lieutenant Dee O'Hara: she was the Air Force nurse who took care of the original 7 Mercury astronauts.
Rosa Parks: civil rights activist
Bird Ross: mixed media artist and the person who said, "Life is too short to blend into the background."