EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today is now retired after a forty-year career in education. She began as a teacher and ended her career as a district administrator. A reader, a writer, and a perennial – a person with a no-age mindset – she considers family and friends to be the most important parts of her … Read More

EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today is the author of Crazy to Leave You, Husbands and Other Sharp Objects, and Lift and Separate–all from Lake Union Publishing. For more than twenty-five years, she owned an advertising agency in Connecticut. She grew up in New York City, earned a degree in journalism from New York University, began … Read More

EPISODE SUMMARY My guest majored in book illustration at the Parsons School of Design and studied under Maurice Sendak. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and the Historical Novel Society and has published stories in mystery and horror magazines and anthologies. “The Gallery of Beauties” is her debut novel, … Read More

EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today was born in San Antonio, Texas to a Hispanic-American father and a British-American mother. She developed an early interest in art and language, winning first place in the National Language Arts Olympiad when she was eleven years old. She studied art and photography at the University of Texas–San Antonio, graduating … Read More

EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today has been a doctor for over thirty years on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. He loves to help people be the best version of themselves which is why he was inspired to write “Highway to Happiness: The Roadmap to Less Stress.” Aside from treating patients in his office and at … Read More

EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today is an environmental communicator who advocates for the natural world through work and play. Her debut novel, The Best Part of Us, has received six national and international literature awards and more than 225 top reader rankings for its ability to immerse readers in a breathtaking natural world and tell … Read More

EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today spent fifteen years in an indie rock band, traveling the highways of America in a series of Ford vans. When he wasn’t searching for fame and a safe place to eat before a gig, he started writing short stories and novels. His band, Uncle Green, went into semi-retirement after four … Read More

EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today was born in Japan and traveled around the world and east coast of the United States as a Navy brat. She mostly grew up in Virginia Beach, Virginia, then traveled through Kentucky, Massachusetts, Georgia, and Florida before retiring from the world of physical therapy and turning to a second career … Read More

EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today is an award-winning mezzo-soprano soloist and recording artist. She premiered works by more than forty composers and made nine critically acclaimed recordings. She is the author of two books about music, Exploring Twentieth-Century Vocal Music and The Performing Life: A Singer’s Guide to Survival. In addition, she established a long … Read More

EPISODE SUMMARY My guest today is the editor of Portugal Letter magazine, and a feature writer for the Algarve’s Tomorrow magazine. She is the author of the Algarve Dream Series of travel memoirs and the author/curator of the Travel Stories Series of anthologies. Her latest book, Kat the Dog: The remarkable tale of a rescued … Read More