Attended the University of Kansas and the University of Houston
Taught high school in Bridge City, Texas, for several hundred years
Published much earlier in Mystery Time, Writing Time, trade magazines, Mensa Bulletin, Sunday Digest, and Readers Digest
Nominated for a Pushcart Prize
Appeared as an actress on stage in several states and in several indie horror films. Named Best Supporting Actress in an Italian film festival
Visited 42 countries and had many amazing animal encounters, including riding an elephant through tall grass in India spotting rhinos; patting a gray whale and her baby in Baja California, Mexico; walking with two lions in Zambia
And
Reached age 81 when Wild Rose Press published Love Is a Filing Cabinet. The day my contract arrived, my husband got a call announcing he’d just been named to the Volleyball Hall of Fame.
Met my husband online, and we lived happily ever after
- Journal Star article about my first novel
- Journal Star article about my travels
- Journal Star article about my acting
Note: I did not play Othello; I was Emelia. Our Othello was the late great Moses Gunn.