Writing and Life intertwine in interesting ways.
My creatively cluttered desk
It’s been a while since I posted—too busy with life and writing, each taking me into uncharted territory. Revising the novel results in a blur between fiction and life sometimes as my characters throw in their own commentary on what’s going on in my life.
Our daughter, Miranda, finished her freshman year at Pitzer College (in a flash it seems) and is home for the summer primed to do an internship. It does our hearts good to see her thrive. As is my practice, I start the day by visiting the fictional rooms of my novel, waking folks up, checking in to see who has what for me. It gets weird when Olga or Fletcher or Florida or Altovise start talking to me about Miranda.
Team Nia: L-R: Denise Brusseau, Exec. Dir of Bridge the Gap, Marin City; Patchen Homitz, teacher at Tamiscal High School; Kristen Carter, Counselor at Weed (CA) High School; me
For the past three months I’ve been 1/4th of “Team Nia”, four adults mentoring Nia, a 15-year-old who has faced many challenges and set-backs in her short life yet maintains a peaceful, compelling spirit and a fierce determination to change her life for good. Through much hard work and miles of email, the work of Nia and Team has led to her being accepted into Eagle Rock School in Estes Park, CO—an extraordinary alternative boarding high school (an oxymoron if ever I’ve heard one) for students who are not on track to graduate (ie, the kids our society generally throws away). Tuition, room & board are fully funded by the Honda Corporation. (Hat’s off to Honda! This is clearly what the Koch Brothers, et al, should be doing with their squillion$). Eagle Rock is a model school. It will blow you away.
Nia with her nephews at her Eagle Rock send-off party.
I’m here to introduce all of you to Nia and her journey because we need more next generation-feel-good stories out there. (And all my fictional folks told me I should) She chose “inspiredwave” as her email address and it says it all. This child is a tsunami of positive personal change.
So, you can go to Nia’s very own blog and from there visit Eagle Rock’s site: http://www.eaglerocker63.wordpress.com
May 24, 2014
Anita Gail Jones
6 responses to “Nia ~ An Inspired Wave”
Angela
May 24th, 2014 at 23:42
Godspeed to Nia and her team!
Doc Hughes
May 25th, 2014 at 04:13
On the wall above my cluttered desk sits this quote from Albert Einstein: “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?”
Tura Franzen
May 27th, 2014 at 00:10
Always a pleasure to hear from you in any capacity ~ good that you are mentoring ~ love your desk! We need to go to Brown Sugar sooooon xooxoxo Tura
leigh
May 29th, 2014 at 18:36
Wonderful to meet Nia and be able to follow her progress…and
AMEN to your comment about what zillionaires should be doing with all that $$$ they spend corrupting the democratic process!
beautyofanartist
May 23rd, 2015 at 18:48
Wow what a beautiful page! Your desk is definently an amazing mess! I love you!
this journey has been an up lifting experience and I thank you for teaching me to take baby steps. Wish you well with all the hard work and effort you put in to follow your dreams! You are definently telling the truth about the exploitation of money and where it needs to be.<3 Keep keeping on! peace out everyone!
beautyofanartist
May 23rd, 2015 at 19:02
Wow what a beautiful page! Your desk is a beautiful mess! I love you! thank you for teaching me to take baby steps. This journey has been an uplifting experience. I wish you well with all your hard work and effort you are putting in to follow your dreams.
You are telling the truth about the exploitation of money and where it needs to be. take care
peace out everyone.