- I was born in St. Louis, Missouri on September
5, 1950.
- Today, I live in Denton, Texas where I teach
at Texas Woman's University. Our family home is in Tucson, Arizona.
My husband Nick and dog-girl Marika live there full time.
- My daughter Lauren is twenty-eight and my step-son
Justin is twenty-six. Lauren is a world traveler and plans to reside
in California. Justin lives in Washington, D.C.
- Until his death in the summer of 1998 at the
age of fourteen, we had a sweet dog named Sierra. In his old age, he
became afraid of thunder and woke up from his deep naps during rainstorms.
He's Marika. She is a rather rough and tumble member of her breed. We
often say: "There's nothing French about our poodle!"
- We also care for one adult desert tortoise Tortellini
and two younger ones named Ricky and Lucy. Our adult tortoise was given
to us by someone who had raised him as a pet. They younger ones were
born in captivity. Their mother Boris-Doris died in 2009. Desert tortoises
hibernate from November through March or April.
- Thanks to a great teacher, Miss Schwab, I've
loved writing since third grade.
- Besides writing and walking, I love telling
stories, reading, taking photographs, swimming, and visiting new places.
- Sing Down the Rain
was my first published book. Read to Me/Vamos
a leer, my second book, was published in January 2004.
- Click here to see a photograph
of our first rescued standard poodle Tessa and me.
Sing Down the Rain
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