"Life's Double Thread" can be found at https://www.unity.org/article/lifes-double-thread and "We Are..." https://www.unity.org/-article/we-are-0 2023, "Each Blade of Grass" https://www.unity.org/article/each-blade-grass and "Right Where You Are," were published by The Daily Word in 2022 and 2021.

This article in The Phoenix Spirit,"Hiking Her Way To Healing," describes enhanced self-esteem and self-worth after a woman hikes the Superior Hiking Trail alone in northern Minnesota.
https://thephoenixspirit.com/2024/05/hiking-her-way-to-healing/

"Bellringing: How Jack Gives Back" is a recovery story in The Phoenix Spirit. https://thephoenixspirit.com/2023/11/bellringing-how-jack-gives-back/ After interviewing Jack, a recovering alcoholic, I wrote an article highlighting his experience as a bellringer for the Salvation Army. I've written numerous other articles for this magazine.

"Mom's Boxed-Up Quilt," published in the Fall 2019 issue of Art Quilting Studio, describes the fifty-year odyssey the quilt squares took from initial family fabrics to a finished Log Cabin Quilt.

An essay entitled "Canoeing a Stretch of the Mississippi River" appeared in Open Rivers Journal in 2018. Open Rivers Journal is an online journal of the The Friends of the Mississippi River. Visit:  https://www.fmr.org/writetotheriver/fall2018

A teaching essay appeared in The Faculty Focus, and The Teaching Professor. An essay regarding the writing process was published by The Minnesota Women's Press. Essays on sewing as a creative craft were published in Threads Magazine, and Belle Armoire: Art to Wear. 

I study Swedish, practice yoga, and enjoy renovating vintage 
clothing as well as resumes.