I have been writing since a teen. I have been published since the 1980s. I have 16 books in print.
I grew up in Utah but have lived in Iowa for all but two of the years 1970-2015.
I have 6 children, 15 grandchildren, and 1 great granddaughter.
I have written approximately 25,000 poems over the last 35 years.
I taught high school English for 35 years, the last 26 as a teacher in an alternative school.
I retired in 2006.
I am still writing and still publishing.