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...

“…so many years wasted believing it wasn’t good enough, a barrier to being cherished.” From 'Generations of Women' in The End of the...

When I wrote my first book, I talked about how it was just to capture a journey (or so I thought). With this second book, I am writing...

My daughter told me about the term “Time Poverty.” Definition: time is a limited commodity for everyone. The rich, the poor, and almost...

“Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.”- Brené Brown “Courage” is a big word, isn’t it? So is “vulnerability.”...

After I got married, just before I was pregnant I bought a mahogany guitar. I’ll play it on trail rides… Hold sing-a-longs… Belt out...

I finished grouting my bathroom floor the night of the waxing Hunter’s Moon. As I sealed my amateur work I remembered Grandpa Chuck, a...

I think one of the reasons I loved working on the newspaper in college was that I could do feature articles and include a lot of details...

Sometimes I’ve been asked…Did you always know you wanted to be a writer? My mind immediately thinks 1,000 things and I manage to cobble...