After earning my MFA in creative writing, I began a career in writing and publishing. I’ve been an editor and writer for reference book and education publishers, including Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Scholastic Press, and National Geographic Learning. I’ve written professional profiles and articles for MIT and Radcliffe, as well as graphic novelizations of Greek myths. I write regularly for Stage and Cinema and for Literary Ladies Guide.
On this site I offer observations and links to things I’m reading, hearing, and seeing, as well as to what I’m cooking! as I work on a novel set in Cornwall and London in the 1930s. Current tagline: A house with a history. A woman with a future. Two nations on the brink.
I hope you’ll join me here from time to time, Please comment on my posts!
What I’m Reading
The Fascinating Revelations of Opal & Nev
This novel offers a gripping account of the role of race and gender in the music business.
The Chosen Place, The Timeless People by Paule Marshall
Read this if you love Middlemarch!
Quaker Names of the 17th and 18th Centuries
Just call me Trustrum Hooton.
What I’m Seeing and Hearing
The Fascinating Revelations of Opal & Nev
This novel offers a gripping account of the role of race and gender in the music business.
Shakers, Quakers, and Other Idealists
‘Tis a gift to hug a cat.
Archie Bunker Redux
Perhaps only the optimism is gone.
What I’m Thinking
Shakers, Quakers, and Other Idealists
‘Tis a gift to hug a cat.
Reflections on “Oppenheimer” and Greatness
What does it mean for a nation to be “great”?
The Most Powerful Weapon We Can Give Ukraine
Cluster bombs risk escalation and further deaths for years to come.
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