About me

I'm a native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  After living for many years first in central Pennsylvania and then later in northern Illinois, I relocated to the North Quabbin region of Central Massachusetts in 2004.  I worked as a librarian for more than 30 years, in schools and colleges and public libraries.

I'm a member of Women of Words (WOW), a group of writers who meet in Athol, as well as the Boston chapter of the National Writers Union.  I started writing poetry in high school in the 1970s, and started writing reviews in 1990.  2012 marks the release of my first book, Westward I Go Free:  Tracing Thoreau's Last Journey, by Green Frigate Books.  What can I say?  I can't stop writing!

You can find out more about me from:

• My bio on Amazon.com

• My bio on Rambles.net

• The podcast from my June 21, 2011, visit to the WRMN-AM studios in Elgin, Illinois. The topic of conversation was Henry Thoreau's trip through the area in 1861.

• The article by Kathy Chaisson that appeared on the July 14-15, 2012, issue of the Athol Daily News.

• The article by Kathryn Forrest that appeared in the September 6, 2012, issue of the Goderich Signal Star.