{"id":75,"date":"2013-07-27T14:53:44","date_gmt":"2013-07-27T14:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/?page_id=75"},"modified":"2026-03-03T00:13:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T05:13:10","slug":"about-rachelle-rogers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/about-rachelle-rogers\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\" id=\"text_logo_header\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\" id=\"text_logo_header\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_divider_hidden et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_top et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module et_pb_text_align_center 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class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><em>I write because I have something to discover, explore, or share. I write because I love language. I write to touch people in meaningful ways, to give readers the opportunity to bring something of themselves to my work and take away something that hopefully makes a difference.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt;\">Originally from NYC, by the mid 1970's my journey unexpectedly led me to South Florida where I was a leather artisan, freelance editor, dance writer for several publications including The Fort Lauderdale News\/Sun Sentinel, and had my first book published. Later, during my years in Chapel Hill, NC, I belonged to a fine craft cooperative, became a real estate agent, taught a Dance Appreciation Video Series, and began seriously writing poetry and fiction. (Can you tell I never really knew what I wanted to be when I grew up?) In 1991 I moved to beautiful Asheville, NC, where I lived for thirty-three years continuing to enjoy an eclectic creative life as writer, editor, jewelry designer and website designer\/owner of<a href=\"https:\/\/serendipitydigitaldesign.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Serendipity Digital Design<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In November of 2024, however, my personal and spiritual journey (and Hurricane Helene) led me to Longmont, CO. where writing continues to be my primary creative expression. To see what I'm up to, click on my blog <a href=\"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/blogluminations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"LUMINATIONS: a glimpse of my authentic life\">LUMINATIONS: a glimpse of my authentic life <\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-75","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223053,"href":"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75\/revisions\/223053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rachellerogers.com\/dev1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}