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“A Search for Stories”
Take a moment to celebrate my client with me! Deborah Wolter is getting her book, A Search for Stories, published by Wildling Press in just a few months. Editing this story with Deborah was incredible.…
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Client Getting Recognition
So proud of my client, Sharon Diotte, for all of the publicity she’s had over the past year. Sharon’s been interviewed several times about her memoir, Te’ora, a story of healing and self-transformation. I was…
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Book Recommendations for Writers
I got to read a lot of great books about creative writing in college, and these are the ones I always recommend to writers who need some inspiration. Support your town’s public library or go…
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Te’ora by Sharon Diotte
Last year, I went to a writing workshop in Chelsea, MI. By the time I’d left, I met some wonderful women, one of whom wanted some help with editing her memoir. Reading Sharon Diotte’s account…
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“She Kahn Do It!” Women of the Kahn Family
Something I’ve been very passionate about this past year has been the work I have been doing with Carol Rose Kahn, the granddaughter of Ernestine and Albert Kahn. In October 2023, we presented “The Women…
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Deconstructing the Past
This spring, I was happy to assist the Manchester Area Historical Society in creating a slideshow for their presentation of “Deconstructing the Past.” Working with Sybil Kolon, the owner of this historic property, I got…
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“Women of the Kahn Family: A Quiet Dignity”
This summer, I’ve been working with my colleague, Carol Rose Kahn, granddaughter of Albert and Ernestine Kahn, to create a presentation about the accomplished women of her family for the Albert Kahn Legacy Foundation. Our…
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Food is the Best Medicine
Hospitals and gardens are a natural pair. Why? Because a garden can help a hospital fulfill its mission and responsibilities in so many ways. If hospitals maintained or partnered with local gardens, they would benefit…
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“Not A Kiss For Walt?”
Yes, I took a class in college entirely about Walt Whitman. It was really fascinating and I got to learn about much more than just good ole Walt; I got to study important historical events…
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An Excerpt from “Bea Buckles”
The novel I completed for NaNoWriMo back in 2017 was based on my relaxing “sabbatical” I took during the spring of my sophomore year of college. When I finished the word count, my roommates surprised…
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“The Buzz About A Growing Business”
When writing this piece Issue 42 of Crazy Wisdom Weekly, I hoped to welcome the readers into the project. We had a very warm response from the community about A Growing Business, and this project…
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The Nature Fix Book Review
When Florence Williams, a journalist, embarked on her journey to fully understand how nature benefits the human mind, she knew it wasn’t that we don’t appreciate nature: “It’s not the views we mischaracterize, it’s our…
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Hidden Gems
In the fall of 2019, I worked on such a fun article for Crazy Wisdom Weekly! I explored the “hidden gems” of Washtenaw County, those amazing green spaces that not everyone may know about. It…
