: About Me

I am an avid traveler, photographer and video producer. I have worked professionally in the media production and distribution world for nearly 20 years. My favorite personal projects have involved video travel guides, mini-documentaries about people and their lives, and phot essays of cultural artifacts. Most of my professional career has been spent helping people and organizations learn about and use media and technology to strenthen their communities.

I am the proud mom of two smart, independent and fascinating young men. My husband and best friend of 26 years is a professional librarian. We enjoy traveling and visiting flea markets together. We especially enjoy exploring new cuisines and local cultures.

In my spare time I paint, make jewlery and play the piano.

My passion is ...

travel, photography, music, documentary podcasts and really great food!

I know too much about ...

nothing....It's not possible to know too much. Knowledge is power.

My parents always told me ...

to learn self-sufficiency.

My childhood ambition ...

was to sing at Carnegie Hall.

My favorite memory ...

every new place, shared with a loved one.

Why I write ...

I love small stories; the less traveled road; the beauty in small details; the poignant moment; a well used flavor. Writing helps me savor the details.

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

This American Life

My first job ...

Wedding Assistant

My best moment ...

my wedding day

My inspiration ...

interesting people, new places, and beauty.

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: My experiences of being adopted

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The Complete Story: Perspectives from an Adoptee Every person has a story; unique to them and created out of their personal characteristics, experiences, and connections in the world. I am, for instance, a wife, a mother, and a career woman. I am also an adoptee. For many of us who were adopted during a time when nearly all adoptions were closed, being adopted created a hole in our own story; rather like a book that begins with chapter two. No prologue. No back-story. No anchor to what came before. I was very fortunate to be raised by loving parents (and yes, they are my parents). Adopted ...

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