Who is Mrs. Dunn? I'm Katherine too.

 I was born to an architect and a mother who lost her mother at age seven. Both shaped my world in many ways–maybe some future writings will share how.

I was a bred and born a Minnesotan and feel it is still my homeland. My work ethic is midwestern. But Maine is Minnesota with an ocean and I feel very connected to the land of Maine and don’t intend to leave.

As of this writing, I am 67 years old– not old, not young, just an age. I identify with those in front of me, not behind me. I don’t regret not being twenty, or thirty or forty or fifty, or even sixty. The way I see it, and feel it, is…life wears you down.I wouldn’t want to do it again, I just appreciate the now of it. I figure I might have ten years, maybe 15, maybe less, but no matter how many, I’m shifting and my muse just kept saying I need to start a brand new blog to write about now, and the coming of whatever comes. My life for 20+ years, and art and writing, have focused on my work with animals. This subject is still with me, and is part of me and will always be entwined in my heart, memories, art and writing…but I want to hear my own voice again. Does that make sense to anyone?

I want to explore my own head. My heart survived being broken two years ago, surgery saved her and I must let her speak more, instead of always speaking through Earnest the pig or Pickles the goat. Those creatures will still be in my stories, and have wisdom to share, but I need to recognize my own voice again and not be afraid to hide behind my beloved pig or goat. The voices of the animals bring out the best parts of me, mainly because I have time to think versus just responding-but I have dark rooms too.

I just want to write, make art and feel the clay between my hands. I do hope someone might come along and start a dialogue here with me, but…that’s not the incentive. I’m in so many places online, all of us artists are who are trying to make an honest living and get our work seen. I just thought this one place could be more…open to me, not so much about selling, and trying to keep up with videos so the non profit keeps going.