About Me

Hello! My name is Ashley, I’m 20 years old and I just graduated in fall of 2021 from university with my undergraduate degree in Applied Psychology. I now work as an office manager in a finance and accounting business. I live in Montana, USA and I love horses, writing, history, God and America.I am the second child of four. I was homeschooled K-12 and I loved it! It’s helped me get a lot farther ahead a lot quicker than I would have otherwise. Kudos to Mom and Dad for figuring that out for me!! 🙂 I am also a hot-and-cold writer–I love to write but I seldom have the dedication to carry a project through. I did graduate with a minor in writing from college as well.

I am totally horse crazy! Although I’ve never owned a horse and I’ve only taken a few months worth of riding lessons, I’ve got a serious case of the horse bug. I read any horse book I can get my hands on, I’m building a model horse collection, I have a lot of horse books and I always visit the horse barns at fairs. I honestly spend most of my time there, especially at the little country fairs. 🙂

I also like to play chess, checkers, Monopoly, parcheesi, really any board game (gotta stay a child at heart!), I read a lot and when winter comes around I can’t wait to go skiing! I also love playing racquetball and I’ve tried out a bunch of different sports at college (I’ve done racquetball, volleyball, tennis, yoga, pilates, pickleball, badminton and weight lifting/exercise) and I’ve loved all of them except weight lifting/gym-type-exercise. It’s just so boring…… 😉

Art is one of my favorite hobbies, but the craze to paint or draw flickers on and off. And while my blog title is slightly deceiving, I keep it in the hopes that it will inspire me to start drawing more. 😉

Photography is a growing interest and I have a lot of fun seeing how I can construct pictures. My main camera is a pocket-sized point-and-shoot Canon, but I also use a larger Panasonic once in a while. 🙂

Music is very important to me. I play guitar and some piano and I really love singing, even though I don’t have an amazing voice. 🙂 Music is just so beautiful and wonderful for every single occasion; it brings color and life and joy to everything. My favorite genre (I think?!) is Celtic, though I also love classical, folk and oriental (Hindu & Chinese).

I am a passionate patriot: I love America with all my heart and I thank God I was fortunate enough to be born in this beautiful land. God grant Colombia, the gem of the ocean, a safe passage through the waters of discord to the shores of peace, brotherhood and Victory!

If you think of any way I can improve my writing or my blog, or just to say “Hi,” please leave me a comment and let me know. I love hearing from you all!

Here’s a link to my sister’s blog:

Baroque Myriam

And here’s a link to my professional blog:

A Young Achiever