In addition to posting here on my blog, I have written and self-published several books on Amazon and contributed to several published anthologies. (See my Amazon page HERE.) Below is a list of them, with brief summaries.

Books Written For Adult Readers –

The China Bulldog (2026)
What was it like for an imaginative child to grow up in a small prairie town in South Dakota in the 1950’s? For me, it was a world of wonders. This collection of poems, photos, and personal narratives awakens a longing for the way life used to be. From the dynamics of family (rancher father, homemaker mother and three girls, of whom I was the youngest) to ,… Read more about this title HERE, or click the Amazon link at the top of this page.

If I Were Water and You Were Air (2025)
Like water that nourishes life or brings destruction, love can be both a blessing and a curse. This memoir in verse spans five decades and three countries with poems that reflect on love, loss and life’s complexities, drawing from personal experiences and emotions. “How many loves, senora?” my helper in Mexico asked me wistfully, during my first months after my move to Mexico. “Oh many,” I had answered. “I was nearly 40 when I married and I had traveled the world,”… Read more about this title HERE, or click the Amazon link at the top of this page.

FIX THIS FORMATTING ISSUE!!When Old Dames Get Together… (2023)
This started out as a poem that eventually gathered other poems around it and turned into a somewhat silly adult coloring book that consists of lighthearted commentaries about an experience that all who survive youth will eventually be rewarded with. Namely, that time of our life when we can do exactly what we want to, within certain physical boundaries. With illustrations by Isidro Xilonzóchitl … Read more about this title HERE, or click the Amazon link at the top of this page.

Prairie Moths: Memories of a Farmer’s Daughter (2014)
good words here, ya know.

Books Written For Younger Readers –