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Celebrating my 18th Year on the internet at reggiemorrisey.com<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Wish I could say I had it all planned. I simply must write. One day follows another, and I write. <\/p>\n

Since 2008, <\/strong>I have introduced my poems (in a Poetry Reading Room and Listening Booth on this websitehttps:\/\/www.reggiemorrisey.com<\/a> <\/strong>and followed up with short stories and nonfiction essays. In 2015, I started posting blogs\u2014about 10 per year into 2021 (counting 60,000 + words) and continuing with posts about eBooks I self-published. <\/p>\n

Personal Life<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Bill Bryson points out in A Short History of Nearly Everything<\/em>, individual human existence is dicey. So much has to go right from just about the beginning of time for our ancestors to make it to us. As the sixth child in my family born in the mid-20th Century, it is surprising I arrived and survived.<\/p>\n

I earned a master's degree from St. John's University and a bachelor's degree from St. Thomas Aquinas College, both in my native New York. For a time, I raised two great daughters as a single mom in New York and in California. I admire the terrific guys in their lives and delight in two grandkids. I savor my 35th year of a shared creative life with artist Vincent Mancuso.  A juried member of the Pastel Society of America, for 10 years he taught classes in painting with pastels at the Morean Art Center<\/strong> in Saint Petersburg, Florida.  Studio@620<\/strong> in St. Petersburg, Florida, held a retrospective exhibit in 2019 marking Vincent's quarter century of creating paintings that reflect the city's architecture and natural beauty. See Vincent Mancuso Fine Art America<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Art on This Site Is Family<\/strong><\/h4>\n

See Gallery of Vincent Mancuso<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

My big brother Ed, who died in 2009, mastered sketching and painting and sculpting with diverse materials\u2014from bronze to Utah canyon rock to wire for statues that cast shadows of animals and birds. We were close at heart. In the 1990s, Ed created a life-size plaster statue of a forearm and hand with the \"Thumbs up\" sign as a gift\u2014this because I encouraged him. He adorned the statue with colorful telephone wire signifying our coast-to-coast phone relationship. (See the Gallery of Ed Morrisey Art<\/strong><\/a>. Click In the Service of the King<\/a><\/strong> and read about his encounter with an injured monarch butterfly.<\/p>\n

Career in News, Magazines, Script-Writing and Technical Writing<\/strong><\/h4>\n

My career \u2013 prior to retirement from Corporate Communications at Raymond James Financial and a career in technical writing \u2013 I wrote articles about life in Westchester and Connecticut for The New York Times<\/em><\/strong> (See NYT online Archives<\/strong><\/a>.); worked as a staff writer for Gannett newspapers; Wrote feature articles (and poems) for Westchester<\/em><\/strong>, Fairfield<\/em><\/strong>, County Life<\/strong> and Money<\/strong><\/em> magazines; served as scriptwriter of the 12-part U.S. Modern American History video series From Cold War to Hostage Crisis: 1945-1981<\/em><\/strong>; and was primary author Westchester County: The Golden Apple of New York<\/em><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Bottom Line<\/strong>: My favorite quote by science\/science fiction writer, Isaac Asimov: When asked what he'd do if told he had only six months to live, said, \"Type faster.\" Me, too. <\/p>\n

I am on <\/span>Instagram: <\/strong>Of Two Minds2<\/strong><\/a><\/span> <\/strong> <\/span>Goodreads<\/strong><\/a><\/span>  <\/span>LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a><\/span>  <\/span>Bluesky<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Explore My Website<\/h3>\n

Check the links to writings  you can find here and published on Amazon:<\/p>\n