About

I began my grown-up life as a biologist because I was, and still am, fascinated by people, plants, and animals and what makes them tick.

I became a wife, a mother, and a healer specializing in tarot divination, massage, and energy work. I traveled to many marvelous, mythical places—from pyramids to temples to standing stones to cathedrals.

And became, at last, a writer.

I have discovered that magic is not only real, but it also makes fantastic fiction.

I began writing a book about a 16-year-old named Molly Adair sometime in the late 1990’s. It was supposed to be a simple young adult fantasy about her journey through the Tarot Major Arcana. I should have known better. Neither writing nor the tarot is simple.

The blog on this website is, in part, about the process of writing and publishing The Mage Web Series. It is also about the tarot, magic, gods and goddesses, books, flowers.

My life has been rich with help and visits from and to the other worlds, and I know many people who have had similar experiences. Unfortunately, very few of us talk about them because we’re afraid that everyone will think we’re either two sandwiches short of a picnic, or, even worse, that we’re trying to sound like we’re special, or more deserving than everyone else. I've decided to come out of my broom closet and write about these experiences on this blog in hopes that they will inspire others to suspend their disbelief and reach for—or in many cases, continue to reach for—the divine.

The Pacific Northwest has fed my soul and been my home since 1976. I live here with a very patient husband and a not so patient Siamese cat. Many thanks to him (my husband, not the cat) and also my two sons and two daughters-in-law for their help, encouragement, and support. It means the world to me.