Kathy changes jobs; gets a life

She's an award-winning journalist. No, a teacher. No, an artist. No, a novelist. No, a sailor! No, a newsletter editor! What a year it's been for Kathy. She quit her job at The Bellingham Herald in July to work a couple of part-time jobs at Western Washington University and got started on that great American novel. She passed a grueling test to get her Master's License. Now she's talking about going to grad school in the fall of 1997. She's truly found that golden egg.

She's an award-winning journalist. No, a teacher. No, an artist. No, a novelist. No, a sailor! No, a newsletter editor!

What a year it's been for Kathy. She quit her job at The Bellingham Herald in July to work a couple of part-time jobs at Western Washington University and got started on that great American novel. She passed a grueling test to get her Master's License. Now she's talking about going to grad school in the fall of 1997. She's truly found that golden egg.

In 1996, She also

made her debut as an artist, exhibiting a folksy sculpture she made at a Fairhaven art exhibit in March
finally began writing the book she said she would always write. For starters: a fictional account of her dating and sailing adventures.
qualified for a "six-pack" and 50-ton captain's license with the U.S. Coast Guard
won four journalism awards for a series of stories she did in late 1995 about secret - if not illegal - votes taken by the Bellingham City Council.
reacquainted herself with newspaper layout and mastered PageMaker
weathered her first earthquake since moving to the West Coast.
became a "great aunt" when Liz Cook gave birth to the cutest little baby, ever, Isaac Best, in late July.
taught two newswriting classes at Western Washington University where she prides herself in being the journalism instructor from hell!
took the GRE (graduate record examination) for the first and last time. (Don't even think about asking what her scores were. We'll leave that up to the UW.)