Welcome to my very own website! I love to write, and because I took a “road less traveled,” many people have encouraged me for many years to write a book. Well, been there, done that….twice, actually (“The Best Tips from Women Aboard” and “From the Galleys of Women Aboard.”) Writing a book is the easy part; selling it is way different.

There was nothing unusual about my upbringing. It was when I was in my twenties that life took on a whole new meaning: my new husband and I sold our house, two vehicles, and nearly every wedding present we received a few months earlier and headed out of St. Louis, Missouri in June 1978 for an adventure. And did we ever have one! We lived aboard a twenty-eight foot sailboat in Key West at a time when Jimmy Buffett sang for free at local bars, bales of marijuana washed up on the shore almost daily, and we were almost enticed by big Cuban bucks to participate in the Mariel boatl-lift that was sanctioned by then-President Jimmy Carter.

Many events that happened during that time and since have been woven into what is My Life. I hope you enjoy what I am about to share with you…