I was born November 7, 1935, at home, on a dairy farm. I loved school, obtaining my diploma in eleven years, then devoted my time to marriage, and raising four sons.

Somewhere in the back of my mind was the dream of being a writer...move over Stienbeck! There was never enough time, though, so it was quite by accident in my late 60s, that I became a 'poet'...and that through a major mistake while learning the computer, when I ended up in the inbox of Cards For Fun in Alberta, Canada. That mistake launched my writing, when I sent them an old and dusty poem, I had written years ago. They asked me if I would let them put it on their site, and the rest is history.

A couple of years later, I launched my own web site, which has done very well, and now has well over 300 of my original poems on it. I have a book, and 4 songs under my belt now...and despite some tragic events in my life last year, I have resumed writing again. I have met many wonderful people and it is the support of those, that life does go on.

I have been privileged to have Kathleen use some of my poems on her wonderful web site. Life is indeed what we are willing to put into it...God bless those who continue to give me the boost I need, every now and then.