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Greetings! Thank you for visiting my site. I am a poet and children's book author living in Powell, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus.
Previously, I have worked as a high school and middle school English teacher, an adjunct professor of journalism at Ohio State, a marketing director, editor of a company magazine, a member of creative teams at an ad agency and a hospital, a contributing editor to a computer magazine, and – finally! - as a freelance writer of elementary textbooks, magazine articles, speeches, annual reports, and patient education materials with such scintillating titles as Your Heart!/Your Lungs!/Your Prostate!
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Besides being a "Jill" of many trades – or more precisely – one trade (writing) with many incarnations, I am also the wife of Mark, the mother of two grown daughters, Jess and Paige, and "Mimi" to Sara and Tyler, Paige's children. I also sponsor children through World Vision, a Christian relief organization that provides health care, food and education. Their names are Safiqul Islam, Peter Molsom, Jepkoech Kiptui, Claudia Navilla Azpeti, Fransiskus Hatta, and Rhdoy Kirtonia.
In my free time, I volunteer as a tour guide for children at a local nature preserve and farm. I also enjoy gardening (my enthusiasm dwindles as summer progresses) and reading (mostly for my own pleasure and edification). I belong to two chatty book discussion groups); travel (to learn about other countries and cultures); and practice yoga (which, like writing, is humbling, challenging and self-instructive.) |
My Family and Me 
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