midgebaker
I got my BA in Philosophy in 1973, having worked my way through college tutoring Natural Deductive Logic. I am a former Star Trek "fan fiction" writer, with several stories and a novella published in the ST fanzine "Elysia", from 1986 to 1991. My Tribute to Challenger, "Red Sky In Mourning Glory" was also published there, and in the Company Newsletter at Bank of America #791.
I was formerly the Reviews Coordinator for Sime~Gen.com, a volunteer position. Some of my Star Trek fan fiction has been posted online there.
My full work history is quite varied. I have been a tutor; school bus driver; instructional aide for aphasic children; real estate loan service clerk; gas station cashier/assistant manager/manger; inventory auditor; punch press operator; forklift driver; electrical-harness tester; and CNA .
My husband and I have experienced homelessness several times in the last decade. While we still lived in Oregon, we once lived for several weeks on the nickel deposit on aluminum cans, and on glass and plastic bottles, walking an average of seven miles a day to collect them.
Together, we have worked as a grape harvesters; day laborers at a recycling yard; carnival rider operators; ranch caretakers; orchard caretakers; cement spreaders; ditch diggers; landscapers; and many more jobs I can't remember. Most recently, I worked as an overnight stocker for Wal-Mart for nearly two years. I was forced to quit because of ill health and related job stress. My husband's last job - not counting day-labor, was as a breakfast cook. He has also worked for two recycling yards as Yard Foreman. We live in our motor home, set up in a trailer park in Prescott, AZ.
I am now disabled, and our entire income is my SSD. My husband is a Viet Nam-era veteran, an Air Force Med-Tech. He has Hepatitis C and COPD and has applied for VA benefits.
My Blogs
Daily Kos
http://www.dailykos.com/user/midgebaker
Newsvine
http://midgebaker.newsvine.com/
"Politickin'"
http://midgebaker.blogspot.com/
My other online body of work:
My Sime~gen Staff Page
http://www.simegen.com/staff/midge/
My Star Trek fan fiction
http://www.simegen.com/fandom/startrek/elysia/
My Challenger Tribute
http://www.simegen.com/fandom/startrek/elysia/elysia1/stories/redsky.html
My Author Interviews:
Elizabeth Moon:
http://www.simegen.com/writers/spotlights/science/emoon/
Victoria Graydale:
http://www.simegen.com/writers/spotlights/romance/Graydale/
Linnea Sinclair:
http://www.simegen.com/writers/spotlights/science/Sinclair/