I enjoy the process of researching and writing about a variety of topics. My passion is history. I write academically about the past but like to add a personal side the story, as I feel this makes the past more real for the reader. I am also interested in running, nutrition, hiking and lost homemaking skills. I am currently writing a book about my experiences in running each day along on old railroad grade near my home. I am willing to reach outside of my areas of expertise and learn about a variety of topics and ideas that may differ from my own. I currently write a blog about various aspects of history that I stumble onto and find interesting. Each post is between 400-700 words. My strengths are writing about events in the past and my writing styles are two-fold. First, I write well academically, staying strictly with documented facts. Second, I have the ability to add a personal touch to happenings of the past, making them more applicable to my readers. I will brin