My Name Is Armen Volume II, Outside the Lines

"I am sitting in my usual position, the bottom half of me planted on a battered swivel chair whose flimsy arms have propped me up and survived a full range of mood swings since 2003 when I began writing. Many of you have traveled with me, reading Volume I of this series - my rants and raves, the good, bad, and ugly - but nevertheless the stuff from which real life is made. It is early afternoon as I huddle in my creative space, a tiny alcove area nestled near the bad wall of the master bedroom. Invited to pen a twice-a-month column offering commentary on life's journey and the world here at home, I pause in deep reflection. I am a story teller, a memory-keeper, but what, I quiz myself, should I write about first?" Armen Bacon, made her authorial debut with the powerful memoir, "Griefland - An Intimate Portrait of Love, Loss and Unlikely Friendship" (Globe Pequot Press, 2012), and published her second book, "My Name is Armen - A Life in Column Inches" (The Press at California State University, Fresno in 2014. "My Name is Armen (Volume II), Outside the Lines," takes readers beyond the margins of everyday life - always circling back, returning home - celebrating the resilience of the human spirit.