This is the story of an eighty-year-old letter that changed my life. The letter, penned March 22, 1929, was an appeal from a woman who signed her name as Amy BVD to someone she termed “Dearest... Read more >>

Today I wrote out what all I would want to do if I live to see tomorrow or next year. Isn’t it strange that we have absolutely no say so over our life? I mean we will not know when our life... Read more >>

My husband Alex and I make an annual pilgrimage to the Navajo Nation. We go in September or October when the weather is the best. Since I don’t travel without my two dogs, we end up driving... Read more >>

Some people just have a gift. They may already be talented musicians, actors, artists, or mathematicians, but some prolific thinkers have minds that work in overdrive in multiple different areas. Many... Read more >>

I was obsessed with Michael Jackson when I was a kid. I mean Obsessed with a capital O! I had the posters, cassettes, the t-shirts, and oh ... yes I had one white glove. I was a... Read more >>

The Sugar Industry in Hawaii Scattered across the Hawaii Island landscape are remnants of old sugar mills, fields and even some feral cane can still be seen. But when Captain Cook came to the Islands... Read more >>

I am often asked, “What sort of research went into your story to bring it to life so vividly?” The truth is months or even years of research. If I do not acquaint myself with the ins... Read more >>

Recently, I watched a video on Alexyss Tylor commenting on the affects of slavery today. She said that slave-owners taught the black men to have sex with many different women to make more slave... Read more >>

It’s hard to believe that Newport is one of Rhode Island’s largest cities. It’s definitely one of the most beautiful cities I have visited in the United States. In some ways, it... Read more >>

In honor of women everywhere I have compiled some, of what I consider, the most inspiring quotes by women. “We ask justice, we ask equality, we ask that all the civil and political rights... Read more >>