: About Me

My experience in communications spans 30 years of research, public policy formulation, successful grant and funding projects and capital development, practical day-to-day business writing, web content and learning how to listen.

Academic credentials include a BA in History (which began as a BA in Mass Communications/ Film Studies), an MLS with an emphasis on administration, and currently a M. Divinity in Biblical Counseling (studies on hold, pro tem).

I am a native New Englander who "went West" and became a cowboy of sorts. Living on a ranch with 34 show horses, barn dogs and cats and other small animals gives you a real foundation of reality. Chores must be done, no matter how you feel or how deep the snow is. "You buy the hay before you buy the groceries".

I have worked on movie sets, television (written and "acted"),done living history as a re-enactor (28th Massachusetts, 12th Georgia, 22nd South Carolina and 9th Texas Cavalry). Currently I am developing a study of the Crusades and a Knight Templar presentation, reading about the Crusades, the relationship of East and West, the built-in tensions that resulted from the 12th century and that ongoing clash of cultures. Working in museums and archives and knowing where the online resources are help me make my writing more effective and factual.

The horses we breed, train and show are Arabians. This in itself is an experience that has much to teach. I have a Mustang too, just to have something to talk about with the other cowboys...

Not that the days aren't full enough, Tuu Sensational! Communications is the small service business I own. It's named after my showhorse, the pretty Pinto in the picture. Our goal is to coach/mentor small businesses in their business writing, promotions, web content so as to reach customers more effectively. All this is done at the lowest cost, we acccept barter as payment. The goal is to serve others, we are a Christian company.

"Listen, read, write, learn. Repeat process. Grow. Be useful."

Arts & Humanities > 19th Century US History Problems newly freed slaves faced during the Reconstruction

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Problems newly freed slaves faced during the Reconstruction The problems of freemen had always been there as a daily reality in America. Being able to prove to deputies seeking runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad, even those who had been born in free families always were on the defensive. The Dred Scott decision made the situation even more complicated. The Emancipation Proclamation in 1862 opened up additional doors of confusion as slaves in the Confederate States that saw the Federal Armies moving forward fled to the Union lines seeking the freedom they had been promised. In many ...

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