• Six little girls and their mother in front of a flag

    And Then There Were Six

    My parents lost me in a crowd at Loring Park in Minneapolis when I was very young. Luckily for me, there was an event happening with Clarabelle the clown who was on a stage with a microphone. The person who found me handed me to Clarabelle, who hoisted me up for the crowd to see and announced that I was…

  • Cinnamon coffee cake with red oven mitt and tea cup

    The Yeast and I

    New Year’s Resolutions? Not for me. With one exception: I have only one New Year’s Resolution that I have kept faithfully for over 25 years: no more yeast starters.  Some new beginnings bubble up and beg to be fed and nurtured. The sheer neediness grows until you sense a loss of control. Before Facebook and whole grain cereal, a neighbor…

  • Two girls in silhouette in front of a cracked wall. Stay Out of That Room cover art.

    What Was in That Room?

    The cover art for my light-hearted YA novel captures both the humor and the mystery of Stay Out of That Room. You’ll need to read the 1960s novel to find out, but for now, here is the back cover description. “You may not believe my story, and I don’t care if you do. I know what happened and what we…