I’m a freelance writer and author, with a pair of books and articles in a range of genres. My work has appeared in Prevention, Good Housekeeping, Next Avenue, AARP, Fodor’s Travel, AAA publications, and alas, several magazines no longer in print, like Family Circle. Click on the Writing Vitae tab for a selected listing with links to the clips, or on the Clips tab to go right to the articles.

    The second edition of my book, Life Lessons from the National Parks: Meeting God in America’s Most Glorious Places, was published in 2023. Its follow up, More Life Lessons from Our National Parks: God’s Still Present in America’s Most Glorious Places, came out in 2024.

    I was the original Artist in Residence at the National Park Service’s Homestead National Historical Park. For my residency, I wrote and performed a one-woman show about a homesteader who meets Exodusters, formerly enslaved African Americans who headed north after Reconstruction ended in the South. I took that show on the road for several years.

    Now I offer six programs about the national parks, which I take to libraries, senior residences, and community groups. I’ve given these talks at over 250 venues—contact me if you’d like me to come to yours!

    My B.A. is theatre, and I worked in radio for several years. And I’m a member of the Advanced Writers and Speakers Association, a professional group of top-tier Christian female authors and speakers. 

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