A wide range of personal experiences, from modeling with Elite in New York, Paris, and Tokyo, to competing in the Olympic Trials in synchronized swimming, from living in a sorority house through college to working inside corporate America, from experiencing firsthand the dew-laden beauty of a backyard rose to daily living with three high-energy boys. Life and living offers endless influences and engaging material.
Favorite Books
Water for Elephants, Jane Eyre, Mistress of the Revolution, The Mermaid Chair, Chasing Fireflies, Pride and Prejudice
Favorite Authors
Charlotte Bronte, Sue Monk Kidd, Jane Austen, Charles Martin, Catherine Delors, Robert Ludlum, Mark Twain
What I'm Reading
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, Stein on Writing, The Fire in Fiction, Self-Editing for Fiction Writers
Pisa, the Italian Riviera, Switzerland, and Home to Prague: a photojournal The opportunity to drive to Italy for a family vacation was truly a dream. Not only did we experience the grand mountains of the Alps, but also saw things we did not expect to see: countless castles, gravity-defying vineyard terraces and hillside towns, and sailboats dotting the azure Italian Riviera. It was surely a trip ...
Italy: Tuscany and Rome, a photojournal Our October vacation in Tuscany, in the Maremma region in sight of the Argentario peninsula, was spectacularly refreshing. Not only was the beach completely deserted, but we were so far out of civilization we were without television or internet during our stay. The silence felt deafening, at first. But soon, the hum of modern noise faded away, and all that ...
It all started in a Czech snowstorm. An October snowstorm, that is...As US expats living in Prague, we had the incredible privilege of driving to Italy for a vacation. The trip as a whole took our breath away-- Italy, and the the entire trip there and back, had a beauty beyond what we could have dreamed. And truly, the vacation was a dream come true.Through the Prague snowstorm, into Germany ...