I am a member of the Peaceful, Wise and Witty book club. I’ve been a part of it since around 2000 when I moved to the area. Over the...

Wow, what a busy and exciting week! It started with a book signing and reading event at Kismet Books in Verona, WI. Thank you to everyone...

I have two exciting book talks coming up in the next week! The first is at Kismet Books in Verona, WI (west of Madison, WI) on Saturday,...

I love to cook! I think I’m a decent chef-in-the-making and it’s a terrific artistic outlet for me. I don’t always take the time to make...

I get to the end of the week (Friday) and think, “Wow! That was a long week!" I realized at some point, every week is filled with new and...

I had an incredible week! On Tuesday, I visited the beautiful Sun Prairie Public Library to talk about my poems and the inspiration...

It’s here! April is National Poetry Month! We are definitely celebrating this month with a lot of events and I’m really looking forward...

The weather is getting nicer and this past weekend, I was able to open the sunroof and crank my car’s stereo. It felt so good to be...

Wow! We are already in March (my birthday is 3/28 just in case you were wondering)! I have written and talked about how important it is...

In the late 90s, I spent quite a bit of time in Pittsburgh. I would attend user group meetings as a software vendor. I traveled a lot...

One of the places I hope to visit some day is Australia. I’m thinking of going to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. What do you think? A...

Ah, it’s that time of year again…my daughter’s birthday! You thought I was going to say Valentine’s Day? That’s just too predictable....

As I’ve mentioned before, I love music. It just makes me feel better to listen to it, to sing to it, to play guitar to it and yes, to...

When I published my first book, The Liminal Space, I went to two bookstores nearby and I had radio and newspaper interviews. However, for...

I am a person who thinks that the universe gives us signs. I don’t always pick up on them, but I try! One thing that was interesting in...

Today, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Chali Pittman at WORT AM radio in Madison, Wisconsin. Click here to listen! See the...

The first poem in my first book is about a time when life meant simple decisions like whether or not to pull on my light-up Santa pin!...

CONTROL from The Liminal Space I hear them. Finding death and howling. She howls at him to grovel and he does. Control-freaks can really...

HEAL from The Liminal Space In the small town I look up at the crescent moon and the water tower with its painted carousel; middle earth...

There are multiple layers of stress in most of our lives these days. Even with the best intentions, it’s hard to simplify our needs and...