I’ve been writing novels, essays, and the occasional screenplay for decades. My characters follow me long after a project is finished (or abandoned), and sometimes find their way back into the light. I’m drawn to how humans behave, stumble, change, and come together.
What drives my work is personal story—real and invented—and a long-standing interest in health and lifestyle inherited from my father, who started subscribing to Prevention magazine more than 50 years ago.
In both Tea Leaves (personal essays) and Dandelion Reflection (health essays), I’ve explored family history, the early days of life in a ski town, personal reflections, and — now more than ever — useful information.
A friend once told me he thought writing essays was probably a lifeline for me, and I think he was right. After experiencing significant loss and upheaval in my life in 2011, at times the hours I spent writing pulled me out of darkness and back into myself. Writing has helped me sort through things and process them without even understanding how. And, I get get to share what inspires me, heals me, or blows my mind.
It is still so sweet to write for an audience I know and love. It is still so sweet to send it out into the world.
And now I want to add this: People! Take care of yourselves to the best of your ability. Why? Because you are worth it.
Novels:
My novels are currently out of print, but they are still available out there in the world!
Wait and See, Annie Lee
Warner Books, 2001
Miranda Blue Calling
Avon Books, 2004
Dreaming of LaSal (work-in-progress)
A novel I wrote in the 1980s whose characters still refuse to leave me alone. I hope to bring this one back into the world myself — they’ve waited long enough.
Screenplays:
Screenwriting came into my life through creative partnerships with talented people.
Bag It
Reelthing Productions, 2009
Untitled Restaurant & Food-Based Romantic Comedy (in revision)
A screenplay my friend and I wrote nearly 20 years ago — now being revived, rewritten and then we’ll see. The characters still make us laugh.
Essays – Tea Leaves & Dandelion Health
In the last ten years, my focus has been on personal essays and, more recently, I health matters related to lifestyle, aging and the mind-body connection. What ties this all together is personal story, because it is always relevant. These essays have all been published in the Telluride Daily Planet, now the Telluride Times.
You can read those pieces linked here, or at the Telluride Times online:
- Health Essays
- All Essays
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