Featured prominently in my novel, Solitary Refinement, is Snaggletooth, bedraggled mongrel and beloved dog of our protagonist, Angela Morgan. While everyone in the exclusive little hamlet of Bryn Mawr is purchasing designer dogs for an incalculable amount of money, Angela adopts Snaggletooth, a hard luck case from the Humane Society. She is constantly at odds…

Memorial Day weekend began by looking for an old photograph. Sounds simple enough, but one box led to another until I was up to my knees in photos, slides, and reels of old film. Having already populated the pages of a dozen photo albums, I thought that I’d found what I was looking for. I…

Welcome to my new website. I’m glad you’re here! I hope you will find this a casual, hospitable place to visit; a place where you can kick your shoes off and unwind from the stresses of the day. Perhaps take away something to put away for safekeeping, brought out as a gentle reminder that we…