My son, Kent, now works for IGEN. He married Gillian Thomson on Oct 26, 2000, and lives in Gaithersburg, MD. My son Eric is currently working for the City of Arvada, near Denver, CO, as a Project Mananger. He has was married to Michelle Hovet, who teaches special education, in the Rocky Mountains on July 1, 2001. My sister, Betsy is a poet. Check out her poetry. Search this site
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A few of Betsy's recent poems: Here's my latest, reflective of the mad whirl I am in.
awake move touch sit feel press flow wash brush curl paint dress clink pour mix taste read turn hear bang Betsy Bell, April 1997 Spring has sprung The grass is riz My heart has went Where my brain is. Woe is me! How happy she in love again at almost sixty. Cheers, Betsy I thought I'd share the results of a recent assignment from my on-line poetry class. Maybe it'll inspire you to write. The task was to write a poem about myself, 9 lines long, and no use of personal pronouns. Here it is: No confusion here ©1997, Betsy Bell 1 This crone, beautiful in graying hair, 2 shaped by Swedish immigrants, 3 exhausting line of Pilgrim fathers, 4 Great Plains, big sky, grasses and hot earth. 5 Captured by an intellect so big 6 it swept a path across the continents. 7 Infants birthed are birthing now. 8 Alone, ripe, patient, 9 with heart so full of love it holds the Earth itself. Betsy Bell, March 1997 |
