Grateful. Grateful. Grateful.

I love this time of year (with days shortening, cooling), and it’s the time of my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving. All month I find my gratitude growing – for my family and friends, for all the beautiful places I’ve experienced and the sweet pleasure of living on Maui, for a lifetime of good and varied work…and clients all over the world who appreciate my work on big and little projects. And for readers who still buy books 😊 Thank you all. I am so grateful ❤️

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Autumn Sale!!

I closed out the summer with a fun book signing in Wailea, and I still have books. So if you want to stock up for the upcoming holidays or just support a starving artist, click here…and you’ll get one signed by the author 🙂 includes tax and domestic shipping All 3 plus a 4th book FREE! $50.00 USDFrench Diary $25.00 USDHot Tickets $25.00 USDCuba Notes $10.00 USD

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Jill of all trades

Ok, I’ll admit it, I’m a Jill of all trades. And I like it this way! I write and edit. I teach. I caregive and caretake. I’m a professional publicist. A resource. An author. So if you want to book a trip or trip your book, get support for your mom, your home, or your pets, explore some research or tutor your children, I hope you’ll call me for a free initial consultation to help with your needs.

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I had a farm on the Hamakua

I had a farm on the Hamakua. Mornings woke to find whales and waterspouts playing on the horizon, birds chatting in the garden, feasting on my strawberries. It was a sweet and magical place, where macnuts, papayas, bananas, and a riot of food grew under the tropical sun. And my children grew too. As did I. What place for you was one of roots, growth, joy?

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