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Category Archive: People
I met Clayton Smith at the “Chicago Writes Conference” last September. He read from his then soon-to-be-released novel, […]
[tweetthis]Sometimes, well make that often, I can hardly believe the civic-mindedness of my children.[/tweetthis] Sure, when I help […]
Acht! I never had this happen before. I write a sentence, I delete it, I start over. My […]
I met Gloria Doty a couple of years ago at my very first writers conference, Write to Publish. It’s […]
Do you know some of the differences between the Antarctica and the Arctic? Which one is a continent? […]
Style is more than the way a woman looks or the clothes she wears. It’s more than the way she carries herself. It’s about who she is. A couple of weeks ago, I got a chance to sit down with Becki Utley, and extraordinary woman. She’s got style.
I found Becki almost by accident. Her Facebook Page popped up by some algorithm in the system. What a great idea, I thought. People post “ISO” (in search of) what they need, and others post what they have to give away.
It all started when Utley needed things to help a friend. She tried Freecycle, but items got snatched up so fast, it seemed pointless to Becki. She decided to take matters into her own hands, so she started a Facebook page. Now she and Renée administer their Page together.
Becki began “rehoming” her baby clothes and furniture when she decided four children were enough for her. That was a little over two years ago; when she still lived in the affordable housing. Now, she and her friend, Renée average 30 to 40 hours a week picking up, sorting, washing, and distributing clothes, furniture, and supplies to those in need. Renée has five children. The women also provide resource referrals for people who need assistance.
They have one rule: Nothing gets re-sold. It’s all free.
“The naked happy dance is more effective than medication for most of what ails us!” according to Vikki Claflin. [tweetthis]Humor is so much a part of who Vikki is that it radiates out of her being and leaks out her fingertips onto the page. [/tweetthis]Why, her name even sounds like laughter.
I got a chance to sit down and chat with Vikki last week, and I’m still giggling. I want to know more about how she wrote her book Shake Rattle & Roll With It.
Vikki has an eye for detail that, surely, she got at birth, if not that,
It’s throw back Thursday, so it’s time to head on over the Once A Little Girl and [tweetthis]take […]
It’s Thursday, so that means a trip down memory lane. Please join me on my other blog as […]