User:Ainsley Jo Phillips

Ainsley Jo Phillips Hoosier Pen Lady

Ainsley Jo Phillips was born in Anderson, Indiana on December 12, 1952 to Raymond Woodford Phillips and Lillian Ainsley (nee:Jobe) Phillips.

Her actual given name is Ainsley Jobe Phillips, but she more often goes by Ainsley Jo Phillips, even on her checks, driver's license, diplomas, etc. She considers either version of her name to be her real name. She usually either goes by Ainsley Jo or her nickname, AJ.

She considers herself to be, primarily, a freelance writer/online journalist, even though she has some secondary talents in music, arts & crafts, photography, and cooking. She's also had some limited experience in theatre. She has won numerous writing awards--most of them for her poetry.

Currently, she is working on a book (autobiographical with the focal point covering the 1970s). There will be more written about the book here when it goes into print.

She calls herself a "Christian Under Construction" and celebrates her relationship with Jesus as a United Methodist.

In politics, she's independent (a ticket-splitting Republican, if she has to be specific and name a party) but can best be described as a right-leaning moderate.

She has always been an opponent of the death penalty, remaining so even after one of her best friends was shot to death in Indianapolis while waiting for the light to change. Two wrongs don't make a right, in her opinion.

To this day, she still believes that it was a mistake to become involved in the Vietnam War, but she's still proud of our Vietnam Veterans and wants them to always be recognized as heroes.

(more to be added later...)