A Spring Symphony

A Spring Symphony

I am inspired by the Spring when gardens explode to life with color! Here is one of my April poems recently published in The Avocet, A Journal of Nature Poetry, Spring 2016 Issue. I’ve also included corresponding photos from my own backyard. Can you identify the...
5 Types of Love that Inspire My Writing

5 Types of Love that Inspire My Writing

On Valentine’s Day I was honored to be the speaker at the Second Sunday Author Series at the Women’s Museum of California, co-sponsored by San Diego Writers,Ink. Thank you Judy Reeves for the invitation. Since it was Valentine’s Day I shared how...
Traveling with The Black Velvet Coat

Traveling with The Black Velvet Coat

What incredible experiences I had promoting my novel in northern cities! The weather even cooperated. I only had to open my umbrella once. The book appearances were coordinated by She Writes Press and I got to share the podium with some of their other published...
Hibernation for Rejuvenation

Hibernation for Rejuvenation

This time of year I slow down to get ready for a new beginning. Here’s a piece of mine that was published last year in the Winter Issue of Avocet, A Journal of Nature Poems. I hope you enjoy it. Hibernation for Rejuvenation The sky is pale blue, almost white...
Why I Adore My Beagle-Bassett

Why I Adore My Beagle-Bassett

Years ago while writing intuitively a mischievous puppy kept showing up on my pages. It was strange because at that time I wasn’t much of a dog person. She was named Lucy, had a long body, droopy ears and blinking eyes that looked lined like an Egyptian queen’s. She...