About:
The magnificent Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina have been my home since 2002, quite different from the midwestern landscape of Wichita, Kansas, where I was born, a third-generation Kansan. Before I was a year old, my family moved to Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, home until I married and then acquired a teaching degree from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. Later I received a Master's Degree in Reading from Illinois State University in Normal. Along the way, we owned and operated The Greenleaf Shoppe in Minocqua, Wisconsin. A dear son, daughter-in-law, granddaughter and grandson also bless my life in the deepest way.
Many adventures and life lessons accompanied me through marriage, parenthood, teaching, owning several businesses, widowhood, and another wonderful marriage. Four books, numerous autobiographical short stories for the "Moments" series by Grace Publishing and for "Chicken Soup for the Soul," and over 100 articles have been published that share or touch on my varied life experiences.
Writing is a profound joy, and writing poetry has become a revelation of my heart.
The magnificent Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina have been my home since 2002, quite different from the midwestern landscape of Wichita, Kansas, where I was born, a third-generation Kansan. Before I was a year old, my family moved to Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, home until I married and then acquired a teaching degree from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. Later I received a Master's Degree in Reading from Illinois State University in Normal. Along the way, we owned and operated The Greenleaf Shoppe in Minocqua, Wisconsin. A dear son, daughter-in-law, granddaughter and grandson also bless my life in the deepest way.
Many adventures and life lessons accompanied me through marriage, parenthood, teaching, owning several businesses, widowhood, and another wonderful marriage. Four books, numerous autobiographical short stories for the "Moments" series by Grace Publishing and for "Chicken Soup for the Soul," and over 100 articles have been published that share or touch on my varied life experiences.
Writing is a profound joy, and writing poetry has become a revelation of my heart.
