Nature gifted us with a warm, sunny autumn afternoon. Not knowing how many more days we'll have before it gets cold, my husband and I went hiking in Stoney Creek Metropark. I paired my pictures with a … Continue reading >>
Lovers of the written word:
The late Mary Oliver's poetry is both brilliant, down to earth, and so often quoted. I've seen literary scarves with text from Pride and Prejudice, Alice in Wonderland, … Continue reading >>
What:
Since the earliest days, I’ve been drawn to language, the sound of consonant, vowel, syllable. My parents made a recording of me at three reciting nursery rhyme after nursery rhyme in … Continue reading >>
What?
I have published poetry and essays, but at heart I am a fiction writer. My first story collection, Voices of the Lost and Found, is a group of gritty, unflinching, largely tragic stories told … Continue reading >>
A mix of writing and visual art
All you need to make blackout poetry is imagination and the ability to let your mind take creative leaps with given text. Even my logical, engineer-minded husband … Continue reading >>
What:
I write short fiction: short stories and flash fiction. The cut-off between flash fiction and short stories, it seems, is one thousand words, according to literary journals, and my pieces are … Continue reading >>