Public transportation is great. Particularly when parking is going to be difficult to find or will be expensive, or if traffic is supposed to be a bear, it’s nice to let someone else do the navigating. I much prefer gazing out of a window at the world going by than feeling the tension of sitting in traffic going nowhere. I appreciate saving fuel and wear and tear on the car. And I love the lower carbon footprint.

(First appeared as November 2022 Newsletter. The snippet is from Trusting the Wolf when I was in the midst of writing it.) Looks like I...

News and updates from September 2022

This was first published as the June 2022 newsletter. The snippet is from an earlier version of Trusting the Wolf, when I was writing it...

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Thanks to my beta readers, my book should be off to my publisher soon!

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