top of page




People You Meet Along the Trail
Original post can be found on Outdoors Inspired by John Baranowski. I enjoy talking to hikers along the trail. Most hikers whether day,...


What I Gained
I didn’t know why I wrote the novel Paradise until I had gained what I did gain on its last day of writing. Then I knew. My long...


A Paranormal Adventure
When I wrote my latest novel, A Haunting on Dunbar Lane , I was enjoying life on the sunny coast of Florida, where we feast on grilled...


Loving Virginia
My husband Joe and I have lived in Virginia for more than thirty-four years. We were both born and raised in Iowa, but after our wedding...


Iceland: Ready, Set, Go!
After two years of going nowhere fast, due to COVID-19, my husband and I booked international flights and worked with a tour consultant...


An Island Getaway in Alaska
The plane lifted off from Anchorage, Alaska, on a stunningly beautiful May morning for an unusually placid flight to St Paul Island, 750...


Maine Miles
Maine! That crinkled shoreline. Suppose you are a seagull. You decide to fly from the southern end of Maine’s coastline where it meets...


Word Flights—Touching Down in the Hearts of Others
I was twelve. I had ridden my blue bike with multi-colored plastic handle bar streamers to the Woolworth Store to buy my favorite...
Join our email list and get notified of new articles, newsletters, and announcements.
bottom of page