2012 has been pretty good so far and I am really looking forward to the moment when “real spring” shows itself in the buds of the trees and the new grasses. The wildflowers are blooming now so I can actually ... more

Born in Houston to educator-turned-entrepreneur parents, I attended both public and private schools, earning a degree in sociology in 1974.  At 37, after securing work and building a house in Austin, I settled down in my hometown of choice.  Soon ... more

At age seventy five I am amazed that I still have the fire, the energy, the faculty and the passion to write.  After publishing two books after I turned seventy, Time of Triumph, an anthology and Winds of Wildfire, a ... more

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Mini-novel set in the beautiful backdrop of Taos, New Mexico, "Winds of Wildfire” is as much a novel as it is a tribute to the Spanish/Indian perspective of life and death which can pose interesting predicaments and contrasts to the ... more

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I am proud to announce the release of my first published book, "Small Wonders."  I am 51 years old, married to my husband of 27 years with 2 adult children and 7 1/2 grandchildren (4 of which are bonus grands). 
Several ... more

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The last two lines in my poem Turning Seventy I wrote “I’ve lived my dream/I’ve done it all."  Never have I been so wrong.  Since then I have published Time of Triumph, a collection of my short stories and poems.  ... more

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At age twenty-eight I was struck with a passion to write.  Living in Monterey, California then, I had read For Whom the Bell Tolls by Hemingway.  It was the first book I had ever read.  Intrigued by the story of ... more