memory loss

Johnson County Library is pleased to announce that Lauren Alison has won our writing contest on the theme What Remains Unspoken with her piece "Blue Letters'."

Art has been my first love and passion, since I was very young. But over the years I have come to realize, through personal loss, that writing is a very therapeutic addition to my art making. Through difficulties, the writer in me has come to life in new ways with poetry being the main focus. When I am not home educating my two youngest children, I'm scribbling away, noticing, doodling and reading. Snuggling with my husband and eating