Meredith Pond
My blogs
| Industry | Arts |
|---|---|
| Occupation | writer |
| Location | Takoma Park, Washington, DC, area, United States |
| Introduction | Born in Rhode Island, I come from a long line of teachers, writers, and downright troublemakers of many nationalities including Irish, Polish, French-Canadian, English, and some Huron Indian ancestry sprinkled in for good measure. I was the valedictorian of my 8th grade class at the Knotty Oak School where in 4th grade I used to aim at windows with my little slingshot. New England is a spooky place; thus, my move to the Washington, DC, area, where I attended George Washington University in the late 1960s and lived in a group house at DuPont Circle often bombarded by teargas from local police trying to stop us and our compatriots from protesting the war in Vietnam. |
| Interests | poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, photography, theater, rocks, minerals, big mammals, e.g., gray whales and humpbacks |
| Favorite movies | Creature from the Black Lagoon, JAWS, King Kong, Some Like It Hot, Titanic (with Barbara Stanwyck), Milo and Otis, Philadelphia Story, Original Tarzan the Ape Man with Johnny Weissmueller |
| Favorite music | REM, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 60s rock, Beatles, Charlie Parker |
| Favorite books | Poems by Mary Oliver, Jean Valentine, Galway Kinnell; kids books, e.g., Friendly Fairies by Johnny Gruelle |