Just like “Miss Hybrid Mealie, Late Maturity”, I am a late maturing writer as well as a late maturing artist. Writing and painting give me so much joy, ease so much pain and have opened my life like nothing I have experienced in my 77 years. Writing our stories leaves a tangible legacy for those who come after us. I pray that I will be granted many more years to explore my life, and the lives of others through the media of writing and painting.