Q: Let me start with asking you to tell us a little bit about yourself.
A. I was born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, where I also met and married my Portuguese husband. We have three boys, two of whom are teens, so they keep us young! In 2018 we took the plunge and emigrated to the south of Portugal—partly to give our kids an opportunity to travel and experience the rest of the world, but mostly because of

Q: Let me start with asking you to tell us a little bit about yourself.
A. I’m a seventh generation Texan, wife to a pastor and potter (from Montana) and mother to four—three sons and one daughter. I’ve traveled all over the country and lived in six states and now make my home in Washington.

Q: As a child or teenager, did you ever dream of being an author?
A. I was always an avid reader and loved to write even at a

Q: Let me start with asking you to tell us a little bit about yourself.
A. Let’s see, I’m from a small mountain town in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California but I couldn’t wait to escape to the ‘city’. I went to college in Sacramento then moved to New York City and then Chicago before finally landing in Portland Oregon. I have two adult children. My husband and I are empty nesters and did what many empty nesters do and