

In Wildness is the Preservation of the World (In Tribute to Thoreau)
The Pennsylvania Chapter of the Sierra Club published one of my poems in the Winter 2015 edition of their newsletter, The Sylvanian. The...


The Manta Rays of Bora Bora
As I thought about what to write about today, I looked outside the window. Snow, a wind chill factor well below zero. So, naturally, I...


Ajax
This is just a short post. In DEAD OF AUTUMN, Scout was based on the three English Mastiffs that have been part of our family over the...


The Babes in the Woods
In my novel, DEAD OF AUTUMN, the contemporary suspense story intertwines with the tale of Dewilla Noakes. Dewilla and her sisters are on...


Eye to Eye with a Leopard
The temperature approached 90 degrees in Botswana’s Linyanti Reserve that afternoon. On safari with my husband, Mike, and a guide from...


The Surprising Abortion Connection – Babes in the Woods
One of the key plot issues in Dead of Autumn concerns the conflicting attitudes about abortion that exist in today’s society. What...


Stepping Outside My Comfort Zone
The following blog post is a reprint of an essay that I read on WITF's This I Believe Series a few years ago. Growing up in small town...


No Always Means No
According to a 2011 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey, an astounding 44% of American women reported experiencing some...


Mountain Gorilla Encounter
My husband, Mike, and I took an International Expeditions safari to Uganda, primarily to see mountain gorillas in the wild. The two-week...


English Mastiffs
In Dead of Autumn, Alexa has a constant companion in her English mastiff, Scout. I based Scout on the three mastiffs that have been part...








