ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Be My Guest Interview . . . the author's whole story. (30 minutes)
with Jan Lewis on Upton, MA Community Television I am a retired teacher, an identity which continues to define me; after 44 years in public education, it is hard not to see myself as a teacher. However, I have also always been an aspiring writer, knowing that there is a story in me that needs to come out, but doesn’t yet know its way. As I continue the lifelong search for my voice, reading voraciously and journaling sporadically, I am all-in, learning the publishing process with an alphabet book titled BEGINNING WITH Xs and Os, an epic poem of the origin of the alphabet. ARIA, the Association of Rhode Island Authors, is an amazing group, that is leading the way.
I view retirement as a gift of time - time that is solely my own to experience those activities that have been simmering on the back burner for years and time to embrace anything new and interesting that floats by. Exercising and cooking/eating a healthy diet consume a major part of my day. I am open to whatever need, cause, or fun arises. I am a special events volunteer at RISD Museum in Providence, where I make new friends, experience art exhibitions, concerts, readings, and shed my retirement uniform (yoga sweats) for real clothes. Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (Olli) at URI provides an array of stimulating courses and activities that I take and teach regularly and an opportunity to expand my network of friends. I am also a member of the HopArts Studio Trail Board of Directors and volunteer marketing and communications skills which I am still learning. However, I mostly treasure connecting to kids, and enjoy every experience with my grandchildren and the children at my church, where I co-chair the Religious Education Committee and serve as volunteer website and newsletter creator. |
The best advice I ever received from my mother was, "Always have more than one iron in the fire." I do, Mom, I do.
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"It's not, how do I fill my day, but how does my day fill me?"
Copyright 2017. Etta Zasloff. zasloff.etta@gmail.com
Copyright 2017. Etta Zasloff. zasloff.etta@gmail.com