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WRITER’S JOURNEY Unlikely author thankful for local roots Special to Village Life
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hen asked if she had always wanted to be a writer, Marci Seither (Miller) shook her head and laughed. “If Ponderosa High School had an award for ‘Least Likely to Publish Anything’ I would have won hands down,” she shared. Seither recalled the day she was moved from the electric typewriter back to manual. “Not my proudest moment,” she said. “I was so bad at typing I had to stay after school to finish my assignments. Plus, the fact I wasn’t a big fan of reading didn’t help.” While Seither admitted the title of author feels a bit like a stretch, being a creative storyteller is something she has always connected with from as far back as she can remember. Despite moving to Tennessee almost two years ago, the California native said she’s always thankful for her roots and the wide open space where her parents still live. “I love that we lived in the country, raised sheep and (learned) so many valuable life skills in 4-H,” Seither shared. “So much has changed from when I went to Jackson Elementary, rode the bus to junior high and Ponderosa. Everything has built up. Where we picked blackberries, it is now covered in houses and a Safeway. “Something will never change,” she added. “The support of family and friends has kept me moving forward on this fun writing journey. I am so thankful.” The mom of six started her writing career more than 22 years ago when a story about a cookie baking fiasco appeared in a local
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Ponderosa alum and author Marci Seither returns to El Dorado County as part of her cross-country book tour. paper. “My mom encouraged me to submit some of the stories I wrote about our kids and eventually I worked up the courage to actually take one into the paper to see if they were interested.” Soon after it was published the editor asked if she would consider contributing a monthly family humor article, which eventually led to feature articles and human interest stories. “Once I started writing, I realized I had so much to learn,” said Seither. “And I am still learning. I think too many people are afraid to try something that might be hard. Fear of failure is one of the
biggest hurdles to taking a risk. But, you never know where that first scary step might lead. ” Getting words on paper is only part of Seither’s writing journey. She started taking her own photos when she worked for the small town paper while living near Colfax and recently added drone photography to her list of creative storytelling accomplishments. “A few years ago I created a recipe memoir for my family,” Seither recalled. “A friend, who was collaborating on a memoir with someone from Ireland, asked ■
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hrough a series of events Joe Carson was confronted with a unique opportunity he may not have originally explored; fate fortunately inter-
vened. Carson’s story began when his mom was searching in the El Dorado Hills area for a theater company suited for individuals with intellectual developmental disabilities for his sister Kimmie. Unable to locate a program, she reached out to recreation therapist Jonathan Reis, who ran a theater program of this nature called The Wranglers in Washington. Reis agreed the El Dorado Hills area would be an ideal location for his program. After connecting various talents, Dream Catchers opened its doors in 2018. Carson, in the meantime, had his life pretty much mapped out. A neuroscience major at UCLA, he said he was on track for a career as a radiologist or anesthesiologist, working as an EMT field training officer while finishing up his classes and studying for the MCAT. After COVID-19 delayed his exam twice, he said he began to reevaluate his priorities. Carson became a Dream Catchers volunteer immediately See DREAM CATCHERS, page A4
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