I have written for most of my life: from Christmas skits to perform with my siblings at family parties when we were young, to a Christmas Story I shared with little ones for decades in schools.  In between I had a monthly humour column in my high school newspaper and published my first poetry in those same years.

During my thirty-three year career teaching children in Kindergarten to Grade Four I kept writing. Several of my scripts were produced for the award-winning children’s television program The Big Comfy Couch.   Poetry and stories for young ones appeared in reading series books published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, MeadowBook Press, and Curriculum Plus.

My poetry for adults has been published by Vox Benedictina, Hidden Brook Press, Novalis and The Windsor Review.  One of my poems received First Place from the annual Canadian Church Press Awards. Another was a finalist in CBC Canada Writes. My essays have appeared in the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail. 

Since retiring from teaching, I have been able to devote much more time to writing and working as a Storyteller in schools.  I have studied with Catherine Graham and Susan Glickman at the University of Toronto, and Richard Scrimger at the Humber School for Writers.  I have delighted in Writing Retreats with Ellen Bass, Marie Howe, Maureen Buchanan Jones, Dorianne Laux, Molly Peacock, Sue Reynolds and Pat Schneider.

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