MY LIFE IS FILLED WITH A VARIETY OF CREATIVE PURSUITS. HERE ARE SOME OF THEM:
I live in the beautiful Puget Sound region and spend my time as a writer, editor, workshop and retreat leader, real estate broker, home renovator, and volunteer, using my creative energy to bring beauty and meaning to my environment, and to empower and encourage others in their pursuits. I also knit, take photographs, and kayak for personal enjoyment.
WRITER: A writer is someone who writes, and I write (though not always as often or as much as I'd like). I write to explore my life and the world around me, to vent and pray, confess and surrender, celebrate and grieve, to imagine and invent.
I send some of my work into the world, and some remains only in my journals and computer files.
I began writing for fun in 1998, and earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Seattle Pacific University.
EDUCATOR & LEADER: Most often I write alone, but I love writing with others. My passion and specialty is leading spiritual and memoir writing workshops, opening the door for creativity and expression of our deepest selves in a safe, supportive environment.
I am trained as a workshop facilitator in the Amherst Writers & Artists method where all writing is considered to be fiction. In AWA workshops, we write together, read newly written work aloud, offer only positive feedback, and maintain confidentiality.
WRITER: A writer is someone who writes, and I write (though not always as often or as much as I'd like). I write to explore my life and the world around me, to vent and pray, confess and surrender, celebrate and grieve, to imagine and invent.
I send some of my work into the world, and some remains only in my journals and computer files.
I began writing for fun in 1998, and earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Seattle Pacific University.
EDUCATOR & LEADER: Most often I write alone, but I love writing with others. My passion and specialty is leading spiritual and memoir writing workshops, opening the door for creativity and expression of our deepest selves in a safe, supportive environment.
I am trained as a workshop facilitator in the Amherst Writers & Artists method where all writing is considered to be fiction. In AWA workshops, we write together, read newly written work aloud, offer only positive feedback, and maintain confidentiality.
HOME RENOVATOR: I renovate houses with my husband and crew through our business Yellow Ribbon Homes.
We specialize in renovating aging and distressed waterfront and water view properties; some of which we live in during the transformation. We have a small full-time crew, and contract with veteran owned businesses and businesses that employ veterans when feasible, to support those who have served our country.
We work with investors on major projects, and as general contractors on smaller projects. Along with envisioning improvements, I can be found cleaning, painting, and gardening.
REALTOR: I am licensed real estate broker with Infinity Real Estate in Gig Harbor, WA, serving as a dedicated broker for Yellow Ribbon homes.
I have a special interest in aiding sellers in updating their properties prior to sale, and in assisting buyers in the purchase of fixer-uppers that we can turn into their next right home.
SPIRITED VOLUNTEER; I believe in sharing my gifts with others and in community, both physical and virtual. Since settling in the Pacific Northwest in 2012, I have volunteered as literary editor for Image Journal's daily "Good Letters" blog, and also with Field's End (now part of BARN) on Bainbridge Island. In 2016 I began writing a quarterly column for the all-volunteer Key Peninsula News.
I am a former lay pastor of a United Methodist church in Boulder Creek California, and I'm on a life-long spiritual journey, including participation in the Academy for Spiritual Formation, and leadership in the Pacific Northwest 5-Day Academy.
HOME RENOVATOR: I renovate houses with my husband and crew through our business Yellow Ribbon Homes.
We specialize in renovating aging and distressed waterfront and water view properties; some of which we live in during the transformation. We have a small full-time crew, and contract with veteran owned businesses and businesses that employ veterans when feasible, to support those who have served our country.
We work with investors on major projects, and as general contractors on smaller projects. Along with envisioning improvements, I can be found cleaning, painting, and gardening.
REALTOR: I am licensed real estate broker with Infinity Real Estate in Gig Harbor, WA, serving as a dedicated broker for Yellow Ribbon homes.
I have a special interest in aiding sellers in updating their properties prior to sale, and in assisting buyers in the purchase of fixer-uppers that we can turn into their next right home.
SPIRITED VOLUNTEER; I believe in sharing my gifts with others and in community, both physical and virtual. Since settling in the Pacific Northwest in 2012, I have volunteered as literary editor for Image Journal's daily "Good Letters" blog, and also with Field's End (now part of BARN) on Bainbridge Island. In 2016 I began writing a quarterly column for the all-volunteer Key Peninsula News.
I am a former lay pastor of a United Methodist church in Boulder Creek California, and I'm on a life-long spiritual journey, including participation in the Academy for Spiritual Formation, and leadership in the Pacific Northwest 5-Day Academy.
