Reading since the age of 5, a journalism high shcool student, daily newspaper editorial staffer, travelled broadly, raised seven daughters, middle and senior management jobs, lived in the UK, Yukon, Northwest Territories, India, Spain, Yucatan, wintered in Central/South America, resident now/again in Victoria, BC. I love the written word in fiction/non-fiction, tell stories, write non-fiction and biographies. I draw on all these experiences for my writing.   

ESL certificate and volunteer organizations appreciations
Crossing the Arctic Circle :)
Many courses in employment counselling topics
Various credit and non credit University Courses, UVic and
a host of painting and writimg classes.