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Okay, I know I'm biased,
but I believe
my husband Alec is a fantastic writer and artist.
Alec has written five novels: Reunion at the Wetside, The Backside of Nowhere, The Wives of Marty Winters, Imprudent Zeal, and Until the Dawn. He
is now working on his sixth novel, Return to Freedom.
He published his books through our indepedent company,
ClaytonWorks Publishing. If you are an agent or publisher
interested in working with him,
contact him. I think
his novels would make terrific movies!
Alec writes for
two publications in Tacoma (between Olympia and Seattle): an art column called Visual Edge for The Weekly Volcano, a theater review for
The News Tribune
- once a month now, used to be weekly.
After they are
printed he publishess allhis reviews and information and more in his blogg
South Sound Arts etc.
He also writes articles for
ThurstonTalk.Aleccdoesn't paint anymore, butdoesn't paint anymore, but
his art is contemporary/abstract.
His book about art is As If Art Matters.
You can see
more about his writing
and
his art on
Alec Clayton: Art and Writing.
Our son Noel lives in Seattle. He describes himself as "Stagehand, Union Secretary, Vegetarian, Marathoner." He's a Journeyman Stagehand
and
the Master Carpenter at the Leo K. Theater which is part of the
Seattle
Repertory Theatre. He's a member of
IATSE Local #15
, the
Labor Union representing the crafts of Stage and Projection
in Western Washington: "the best technical talent in the Puget Sound".
He was the secretary of the Local for six years ending in early
2012. He has a degree in Acting from Western Washington University in Bellingham. He's been a vegetarian since high school and a marathon runner since 2007. Noel is a very special young man with a warm heart and a wonderful sense of humor. Do I sound like a proud mom? You bet I am!
This is Noel...
is an old photo collage I did of him
many years ago.
Noel married Liz in August 2011!
We
adore her and are very happy that she is a part of our family
now. Liz is a
Stage Manager for
StoryBook
Theater and
Studio East
Training for the Performing Arts.
She is originally from Speedway, Indiana. She's a graduate of
University of Notre Dame and has a Master of Fine Arts in
Drama/Theatre for the Young from Eastern Michigan University.
Our son
Bill was openly bi-sexual. In April of 1995, he was assaulted in a
hate crime here in Olympia, WA (USA). On May 8, 1995 Bill committed
suicide, despite loving support from his family, friends and many
wonderful people in our community. Bill was 17 years old. He was a
bright, warm and creative young man. He is greatly missed. Please
remember him, and speak out to end discrimination, hate speech and
violence against people who are gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and
transgendered -- and against anyone for any reason. I published Bill's
story on a
website I created after his death that focuses mostly on GLBTQ issues and
resources, but it is all connected. We are all connected. And silence is
where the hate grows.
If you would like to know more about what happened
to Bill, please read
Bill's Story -- Portrait of a Son's Suicide.
Thank you to
Youth Guardian
Services
for
hosting that website for me.
Catherine Dawdy
is very much a part of our family. She was one of the very first people
we met on the evening of our first day in Olympia in 1988. She was our housemate for several years, and she
was and is second mom to our sons. She is a great massage therapist, and
she has a gorgeous garden!
I also have a great sister,
Mimi,
and brother Michael in Northern California. If you want to know more, check
out the essay I wrote about my family,
Encircled By My Heritage.
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