Bag Balm™ is NOT an Aphrodisiac
I own night gowns that date back to the Clinton Administration. My favorite slippers have shuffled me toward my coffee pot since the Eurythmics sang “Sweet Dreams are Made of This.” And, I can’t part...
View ArticleMagically Invisible after Age 50
After a certain age, women are ignored as if they don’t exist. We could tap dance through a crowded room wearing lighted clown noses with a tray of free martinis on our heads while singing an Italian...
View ArticleMidlife Happy Hour – An Excellent Excerpt
Chapter Four – The World Can Kiss Our Attitude We never decided what to name our group of six middle-aged women friends. Suggestions varied from “Six Pack” to “Six in the City” to “We Were Seven but...
View ArticleMenopause Sucks Less – 14 Years Later
Menopause Sucks premiered in Eagle, Idaho on August 8, 2008. The event remains one of the highlights of my long and festive life. I was divorced, and my son and daughter helped me organize the...
View Article120 Women Empowered to be Published Authors
My company, Mill Park Publishing, survived 16 years of productivity and empowered more than 120 women to become published authors. The company also donated money and books to various charities,...
View ArticleAccidental Ventriloquist
For most of my 50-year career, I’ve been a public speaker. I started as a television news reporter and talk show hostess and later worked in corporate communications and public relations before...
View ArticleYou Can Laugh with a Funny Dummy
My seven puppets are preparing material and practicing their stories and songs to entertain folks in the Boise area. As the Puppet Master, I’m eager to hear what these dummies have to say. Watch more...
View ArticleTake Me on Vacation this Summer!
For summer reading, please consider my books, eBooks, and audiobooks. The books have won 26 prestigious writing awards in three genres: humor, memoir, and children’s books. My books feature authentic...
View ArticleWhy Ventriloquists Use Different Accents for Characters
https://youtu.be/30TeVbq7epU?si=W_5zqVK9bAYkIcpE Click the YouTube link to watch and hear six of my characters. I have eight puppets with distinct accents. Ventriloquists use different accents to...
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