My Sister Gave Gifts She Didn’t Even Know She Was Giving (Nov. 30 article, The News Tribune)
On an April evening in 2009, my phone rang. It was my brother-in-law in Kennewick, calling about my sister. “Susie had an accident,” he said, straining to stay calm. “She fell off her horse and . . . she can’t move. She’s been airlifted to Spokane.” I flew...Lessons Along the Camino de Santiago de Compostela
The text of my article that appeared in Tacoma’s News Tribune on Oct. 19, 2015: We often speak of life being a journey, even a pilgrimage. This summer my friend Deborah Bellinghausen became an actual pilgrim, not just a metaphorical one. She walked five...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...
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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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