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...

“…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...