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Who Is Margaret L. Been?

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I’m a Christian, a wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, poet, free lance writer, aficionado of many creative crafts, and lover of life in beautiful Wisconsin.  Since 1963 my poetry, essays, short fiction, and vignettes have been published in many news periodicals and magazines–including Grit, Hearst’s Country Living, and Time of Singing.  I have self-published a book of poems–Morning in My Eyes, and a collection of poetry and seasonal prose reflections–A Time under Heaven. 

Along with reading and writing I love painting, spinning and knitting, walking, just being outdoors in God’s creation, and too many other delights to even begin mentioning.  Joe and I (pictured above) have been married for nearly 59 years.  Life keeps getting better and better!

Margaret L. Been 

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