Take the Plunge! Start a Journal

“The only way to start is just to start – take the plunge.”  With these words, I started keeping a journal ten years ago this spring.  I’d had a diary when I was a girl, one of those pink books with the gilt edges and cheap metal lock. But I […]

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My “Family Recipe” anthology coming soon!

My anthology of short stories, essays and poems will be published and available soon.  Here is a sample essay, “Normally Dysfunctional,” which was first published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: All in the Family. I hope you enjoy it. Normally Dysfunctional  “At least you’re not my real mother!” My daughter’s […]

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