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I will be making an Elizabethtown Author Visit at East High Street Elementary School in Elizabethtown, PA on Wednesday November 6, 2024.  My [...]

The 2024 Fall Festival in Ocean City,NJ  will take place this Saturday October 12th starting at 9:30 am. This annual event is a great time to [...]

I will be making a Sun Rose Bookstore Author Appearance on Saturday July 13, 2024. Sun Rose Words & Music is located at 756 Asbury Avenue in [...]

I love what I call my brain’s vacuum cleaner. While I am sleeping, it sucks out my daytime mess and clears space for a new day. The National [...]

Great news, I have a new story release in the upcoming Chicken Soup for the Soul book! Grieving, Loss and Healing is the book’s title. [...]

I grew up with three sisters. There were many whispers and a few shouts. Christine arrived first. I came eighteen months later. Jill and Vanessa [...]

The power of fear is real. It is usually triggered by something true or perceived. Its teeth are sharp. I know, I have felt them. Once its jaws [...]

The term seventy-five-percent blockage prompted my brain to think about numbers and their presence in life. You see, a doctor had informed a [...]

Staying relevant is important to me. However, lately it has become a bit more challenging. My footprints are evident in three generations. I [...]

Sneak a Peek is a new concept for me. I understand that it is an opportunity offered to young school children and caregivers to meet the teacher [...]

Six polka-dotted tumblers stare at me through the glass doors of my kitchen hutch. The tall containers no longer grace the circular oak table in [...]

Childhood I wrapped the striped baby blanket around my Betsy Wetsy doll. A dead fly’s wing hung to one corner of the fabric that brushed along [...]

The Cuban whispers continue… I did not go to Cuba specifically for the food in April 2016. My American dollars funneled through the Bucknell [...]

The Cuban whispers continue… ( Disclaimer: After my trip,  I vowed to work on not jumping to conclusions without first considering the [...]

Part One– You Can Smile Now  A trip to Cuba. My sister Christine and I had an identical “to-do” item on our bucket list.  We wanted to [...]