Through rhythmic rhymes and delightful illustrations, this story tells the tale of a silly bird obsessed with form above function, and introduces satisfying new shades of blue to the reader and listener alike.

Bower Bird’s Blue Book: published November, 2022 from IngramSpark. Available through order from your favorite bookseller.

Family history, modern genetics, and well-kept secrets collide as I am is drawn into a search for a stranger’s birth father hidden somewhere in her own family tree. The search leads to dusty archives, clues hidden in plain sight, and the cutting edge of commercial genetic testing.

The Accidental Archivist: published July, 2022, from Moonshine Cove, LLC .

“The Reason Why,” a personal essay, won the “Little House, Big Story” contest awarded by Old World Wisconsin in 2017, in honor of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s 150th birthday.

It subsequently appeared in the Mid-spring 2021 edition of Evening Street Review.