Welcome to my site…
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.
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
How Mary Ann Evans Became George Eliot
Mary Ann Evans did not become George Eliot overnight.
Literary Science Fiction
I wouldn’t have wanted to read this book if I’d known what it was about, but I’m glad I did.
The Trayvon Generation
In The Trayvon Generation, Elizabeth Alexander brings Black creativity to the forefront of necessary responses to injustice.
What I’m Seeing and Hearing
Benjamin Lay Is Having a Moment—263 Years After His Death
More than 250 years ago, this vegetarian activist who lived in a cave and refused to ride a horse challenged Quakers to emancipate those they had enslaved.
Everyday Should Be Earth Day!
The first Earth Day was over fifty years ago. That government effort remains essential to progress on curbing climate disruption.
No Army? No Problem.
Costa Rica abolished its military in 1948. Its problems were just ending.
What I’m Cooking
Vegan Hot Dogs and Beer
An tasty, easy, and dare I say healthy summer meal.
Coffee Socks
Is it the coffee that made my Costa Rican coffee taste so good? Or the socks?
A Vegetarian Holiday
You don’t need meat to enjoy a festive holiday dinner.
What I’m Thinking
Everyday Should Be Earth Day!
The first Earth Day was over fifty years ago. That government effort remains essential to progress on curbing climate disruption.
Have a Safe Life
Flying is probably the least risky thing I do.
You Can’t Change History, but You Can Tell the Truth About It
I shouldn’t have been surprised to find that white Britons are as defensive about race as white Americans. But I was.
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