Born and raised in Alaska, I have a B.A. in English and have been an editor, a freelance technical writer and research assistant at the National Archives in Washington D.C. When not busy with my husband or four active children, I read and write and keep an eye on my garden.

My passion is ...

My blog Scribbit at www.scribbit.blogspot.com

I know too much about ...

Alaska, motherhood, baking, homemaking, all that mother stuff

My childhood ambition ...

To be a writer

My favorite memory ...

Family vacations

Why I write ...

Because I must

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

Wallace Stegner, Edith Wharton, Willa Cather

My first job ...

teaching piano lessons

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My sons' favorite part of school is recess (no surprises there) but last week when I picked them up they were deflated. Northern Lights ABC Elementary School had outlawed Wall Ball. The world's fastest growing playground game, Wall Ball is a cross between handball, dodge ball and volleyball but was banned after a rash of Wall Ball injuries. The noon-duties shut it down, collected the balls and the principle made an announcement over the P.A. that in the name of safety henceforth and hereafter any child caught playing Wall Ball would be summarily executed.

During the eight years my childr...

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