Inspiring and empowering writers and spiritual seekers for over a decade

 

 

In 2006, after what seemed like a lifetime wanting to be a writer and live near the ocean, I moved to the shoreline and NEVER looked back! I became a freelance writer and journalist for a local newspaper and had a weekly column for four years. My award-winning freelance writing has since been published in local, regional, and national publications. My dream of becoming a writer and living by the ocean had come true.

​​In January, 2012, I got laid off at the newspaper, and with only a part-time job at a church, my position evolved into a full-time role as Community Minister, where I created programs for nurturing faith and facilitated retreats. That role led me to certificates in Spiritual Direction, Labyrinth, and Expressive Art Facilitation. ​

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I believe in the undeniable connection between spirituality and creativity, and I facilitated programs to invite folks into that exchange. For over a decade, I've been creating and presenting programs uniting spirituality and expressive arts. I produced Creating a Writing Life retreats since 2007 to bring emerging writers together to honor their gifts, empower each other, and celebrate the writing life. Creating A Writing Life programs inspired writers to awaken their creativity and not be afraid to begin that adventure into the unknown.  

​With significant and fluctuating hearing loss, I'm very pleased to now be enjoying "semi-retirement," whatever that means these days. My introvert self has been blessed with the opportunity to have time to tend to my own writing, including my first novel, Synchronicity- Two Hearts, One Spirit, a Forbidden Love, published in 2025.

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One of my poems, Salty Solitude, was selected in early 2023 to appear in the Cape Cod Times, with a second one, I'm A Dune Shack, selected later that year.  An exciting honor for someone with a special connection to the Cape. Poetry from a Magic Cottage by the Sea is a collection of my poetry that launched in the summer of 2026. Work continues on Synchronicity’s sequel, and I write poems as I am inspired and create hand-woven tapestries just for the joy of it.

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Occasionally, I am invited to facilitate group retreats on themes of writing, poetry, creativity, and of course, spirituality. Sometimes I say, “yes.”