Greetings from New Mexico, USA, my heart's home.

My suburban, southern California childhood  morphed into beachfront college years, a bachelor's degree in psychology, and a domestic era of marriage, motherhood, and ministry in the desert Southwest.

Then the pangs of intellectual hunger. Graduate literary study (MA in English, then PhD) inspired me to teach and write. 

An academic career (Associate Professor of English) led to consulting and technical communications until I retired.

Words are the common denominator. 

I write with a poet's sensibilities, an editor's brain, and a teacher's heart. With three books of poetry behind me, I'm in the middle of several projects including memoir and essay. 

I choose reverence and spirituality over religious dogma and patriarchal systems. I choose to share my journey with wisdom and passion, to encourage writers and elevate the craft of writing.

My work has appeared in Albuquerque Journal, the Navajo Times, Feminism and Religion, and in literary and academic journals. My second book, Rabbit Sun, Lotus Moon, was a poetry finalist for the 2017 New Mexico/Arizona Book Award. My Substack publication, In Our Own Ink, inspires others to create and live a writing life.

I travel abroad to visit scattered family in faraway places, but love returning home to brilliant blue sky, Georgia O’Keeffe clouds, red chile ristras, and blue corn enchiladas, savoring this land, this light.