I was born in Amarillo, TX sometime in the late Stone Age and raised in the Southwest; I bill myself as “the world’s shortest Texan.”  I taught English in high school and business school, received a Ph.D. in English Education, and taught in higher education for 18 years.  I’ve traveled extensively throughout the U.S., Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean, and Europe and no, I was not running from bill collectors.  A Course in Miracles found me in 1993 in Oshkosh, WI (don’t ask what I was doing there at the time).  I have been in various Course groups and even led some of them, much to the dismay of the participants, I am sure.  I’ve written quite a few newsletter articles based on the Course and now I’m attempting a book on the subject—a short book.  I’ve always loved sketching and painting but haven’t done much of it because I was too busy with other things, like making a living and patching the holes in the roof (“which kept my mind from wandering”).  However, now I’ve resigned myself to being a starving artist and so I have plenty of artwork to share with you.

     I live in Pittsburgh, PA, which is where I met Revs. Deb and Paul Phelps and many other wonderful people affiliated with the Course.  Oh yes, my husband and two cats live with me in Pittsburgh, although none of us are really starving, which you would notice if you took a look at our waistlines.