Born into a military family, I lived in Newfoundland, Canada; San Marcos, Texas; and Ogden, Utah as I grew up. I had a brief marriage in 1966 and became the mother of two children. In 1972, after graduating from Weber State University, I was lured to San Francisco and lived in the Haight-Ashbury with the vibrant hippie culture where I had experiences in a new world that I still treasure, and wrote my first poem.
I settled in SF, raised my kids there, and eventually went to law school. Afterwards, I decided to see the rest of the country and moved to Washington, D.C. carrying with me a wild and crazy dream to be a writer.
I wrote one short story which was published twice, several poems that are close to my heart, and finally, in 2003, published Miz Fancy. I am now working on a sequel and hope that these characters will find many more wonderful adventures in the years to come.
“Mom, I have AIDS.”
Her sallow pale face stares up at me.
Her sad childish eyes beg me for help.
...
On a yesterday summer day,
A creeping caterpillar crawled into a flaxen shell
And hid away from the world,
No more to let the elements of time
...
Hand in hand, we were silly children
Leading each other into a grown-up world
Filled with fear, uncertainty, unknown demons.
You held my hand when I was near the end.
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I shall be Venus, your goddess of love;
The scent of my body,
The feel of my hair,
The touch of my fingertips,
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