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All four locations of Wiley’s Pharmacy’s gift stores are now carrying Ocean Whispers. I met with Steve Wiley, the co-owner of my neighborhood pharmacy this week. [...]

Sun Rose Words & Music in Ocean City, NJ invited me for a book signing of Ocean Whispers. This “quaint, old-fashioned shop” will host a book signing on Thursday July [...]

Guess what? The release of Ocean Whispers is finally here! My second book, based on last year’s Daily Shell posts, is now a  hardback edition. There are 42 color shell pictures on the [...]

Hey friends, get ready, Ocean Whispers is coming your way! Soon it will be the unofficial start of summer. Memorial Day is right around the corner! Slather on the sunscreen, slip into your [...]

My mother’s brother and his family lived in Germany. Every Christmas we waited for a big wooden crate to arrive from Europe packed with beautiful gifts and German treats. One year, he sent [...]

Finding Strength From Your Whispers Perhaps you have a friend or a loved one who has suffered a loss. It is a lonely, difficult time. I know. When I discovered my whispers after the death of my [...]

Beginning As a writer, I know what is in my head and what I want to empty out. But, I never know for certain where my messages will land. I can watch my words expand on my computer screen. [...]

Each morning, the various shells gather on the shoreline. How do they decide how to line up? Some of them wash up small and broken. While others roll in with full colorful displays. Once [...]

One shell supported another. The bigger shell lifted up the smaller and they fused together as one. United, they faced the force of the waves.  Ocean Whisper: When my knees start to buckle, I [...]

On some mornings, the sand feels firm under my feet. On other days, it squishes and collects between my toes. Once, I sank in the granular goop up to my ankles. Since I never know what the day [...]