: About Me

I am a journalist, poet, blogger and teacher. While currently raising my own adolescent and tween, I have been teaching adolescents for almost 20 years now. I have been published in various Southern California publications. Today, I post articles on a variety of topics on Associatedcontent.com. In addition, I write weekly for Gameprofamily.com. I started a poetry blog, but found I didn't have the time (nor constant creativity) to keep it up. In between all of this, I sell myself in the world of freelance editing and rewriting. I live in Northern California.

My passion is ...

healthy mind, heart and soul.

I know too much about ...

writer's block.

My parents always told me ...

do what you want, as long as you're happy.

My childhood ambition ...

to be a writer, living in a cabin by the sea, entertaining many eclectic friends.

My favorite memory ...

seeing the bright eyes of my newborns.

Why I write ...

to understand myself, my world, and you.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Joan Didion, Middlesex, box set of Six Feet Under, Santana, Joss Stone.

My first job ...

managing a movie theater in Southern California.

My best moment ...

whenever I see my byline!

My inspiration ...

my kids...corny...but true.

Health & Fitness > Diet & Weight Loss Pros and cons of the Weight Watchers weight loss program

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Any diet program can work for anyone. All it takes is commitment and a true desire to lose weight. Of all the diet programs out there, I'd rank Weight Watchers at the top. Three components make it user-friendly: 1. Ease of Use: you're give a book of foods assigned points. You easily calculate your daily point allotment, then track the foods you eat. Your goal each day is eat those points, only. (Each week, you get some extra points; but, honestly, if you want to lose weight, don't eat those extra 35.) 2. Community: Probably the most helpful component of Weight Watchers is the number of oth...

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