For Those of Us Who Have Never Stopped Thirsting to Learn
My article that appeared in the Tacoma News-Tribune on Sept. 7, 2015 Today is Labor Day, which in America means the start of school. I spent years on a school schedule, first as a student, then as a mother of students, then as a teacher. Now that my first grandchild...A Part of My Heart is in the Mountains of Peru
This is the text of an article I wrote for Tacoma’s News Tribune, published on July 27, 2015. Six years ago my son Brendan and his wife Erin moved to Andean Peru as missionaries, beginning a relationship with the Quechua people. Making this kind of commitment...Welcome to the World, Jude Luke Connally!
A little more than five years ago, my husband and I became grandparents for the first time. Since then, a grandchild a year has joined our family, and Rory and I have welcomed each with joy, and with humble astonishment as well. It is amazing to accumulate such...Les Mis, Played Out and Lived Out
This is the text of my recent News Tribune article about a high school musical production that was not only a joy for the audience but transformative for the school community. In May Stadium High School transported me to nineteenth-century Paris—violence, poverty,...
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I am a writer who loves good music and good stories. It’s been my privilege to combine these loves by writing fiction that honors the creation of beauty, even in the bleakest of circumstances, through the creation of music. Writing has also led me to a deep interest in the recent history of central and eastern Europe.
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