Publication History
“Life’s Work”
Forthcoming in the Broad River Review, Fall 2024 Finalist 2024 Rash Award in Fiction sponsored by the Broad River Review.
“Unrecognizable”
Lunch Ticket, Issue 25, June 2024
“Echoes”
The Seattle Star, February 28, 2023
“Redemption”
Arlington Literary Journal, February, 2023
“Not Yet”
RipRap Literary Journal, Issue 45, Spring 2023
“The Tether” Umbrella Factory Magazine, Issue 58, January 2023
“Semicolon” The Penmen Review, Southern New Hampshire University’s Online Journal of Creative Writers, December 2022
Honorable Mention in the 91st Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition in the category of Genre Short Story, November 2022
“Sway”
Dark Fire Fiction
March 2022
“Feet First”
Stardust in Hand
Down in the Dirt Magazine
September -December 2021
“Feet First”
A Door is A Door is A Door
Down in the Dirt Magazine
November 2021
“Five Dozen Prayers Five”
Bards and Sages Quarterly Magazine
July 2019
“Always So Happy”
2018 Write Well Award Anthology
2018
“The Curve”
Everyday Fiction
August 25, 2018
“The Turning”
Dark Fire Fiction
December 2017
“The Basement”
Negative Space
December 2017
“The Basement”
Anthology Collection: Random Thoughts
May-August 2017
“Always So Happy”
upstreet literary magazine (no.13)
July 2017
“The Basement”
Embracing Shadows
Down in the Dirt Magazine
June 2017
“ADHD”
Pulse: Voices from the Heart of Medicine
August 10, 2012
“Sitting Still”
Cradle Songs: An Anthology of Poems About Motherhood
May 2012
“Fire Fight”
Writer Advice Flash Contest (Honorable Mention)
October-December 2011
“Freedom Gate”
Show Us Your Shorts
Writer’s Digest (2nd Place Winner)
2011
“Love Check”
A Cup of Comfort for Couples
Adams Media
January 2011
“Dad’s Five-Dollar Pants”
Chicken Soup of the Soul: Family Matters
November 2010
10 Essays on Motherhood (various)
The Writing Mama’s Daily Blog
2007-2009
“Party Plans”
A Cup of Comfort for Parents of Children with Special Needs
May 2009
“Tu Sei Bella”
My Mom Is My Hero
Adams Media
April 2009
“Seaside, Oregon: Driving on the Beach”
Ciao! Travel With Attitude
January 2009
“Revenge Fantasy is Sweet”
The Contra Costa Times
October 1, 2008
“Mother Aphrodite”
Sage Woman, Celebrating the Goddess in Every Woman, #73
Fall 2007
“Scared Sites: The Chalice Well”
Circle Magazine, Celebrating Nature, Spirit, and Magic, #98
Spring 2007
“Mom Breaks Rigid Tree Decorating Rules”
The Contra Costa Times
November 25, 2006
“Creating Periwinkle Fairies”
The Blessed Bee, A Pagan Family Newsletter, #28
Spring 2006
“Rekindling Long-Term Love”
The Contra Costa Times
February 11, 2006
“Elemental Magic for Growth and Change”
newWitch, Not Your Mother’s Broomstick
May-July 2005
“Leadership Skills: Holding Open Rituals”
Circle Magazine, Celebrating Nature, Spirit, and Magic, #94
Summer 2005
“Car Theft Leaves Questions Unanswered”
The Contra Costa Times
Aug 13, 2005
“Raising a Pagan Child”
The Blessed Bee, A Pagan Family Newsletter, #26
Autumn 2005
“Altars In My Life”
Circle Magazine, Celebrating Nature, Spirit, and Magic, #91
Spring 2004
“Target Trek Like Trip to Dragon Den”
The Contra Costa Times
Dec 18, 2004
“Home and the Down Wind House”
The Beltane Papers, A Journal of Women’s Mysteries, #34
Winter 2004
“Music As A Medium In Trance Journeys”
Circle Magazine, Celebrating Nature, Spirit, and Magic, #92
Winter 2004
“Rite of Charms: Passage into Womanhood”
Circle Magazine, Celebrating Nature, Spirit, and Magic, #88
Summer 2003
“Great Mother’s Spirit Pot”
Sage Woman, Celebrating the Goddess in Every Woman, #61
Spring 2003
“Rite for an Adopted Child”
Circle Magazine, Celebrating Nature, Spirit, and Magic, #87
Spring 2003
“Nancy’s Healing”
Circle Magazine, Celebrating Nature, Spirit, and Magic, #86
Winter 2003
“Rooted”
Sage Woman, Celebrating the Goddess in Every Woman, #60
Winter 2003
“Restoration”
The Beltane Papers, A Journal of Women’s Mysteries, #28
Autumn 2002
“Thunder God”
Circle Magazine, Nature Spiritual Quarterly, #84
Summer 2002
“Ritual for Airplane Travel”
Sage Woman, Celebrating the Goddess in Every Woman, #56
Winter 2001
“Doing More With Less” Et al.
JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration
May 1993
“Judy Chicago's Birth Project”
Synapse University of California San Francisco
Mar 3, 1988
“Sister”
Bay Area Poets Coalition 9
1987