Writer

Cruising World Magazine Articles

(links to a sample of articles)

https://www.cruisingworld.com/story/destinations/stuck-in-roatan/
https://www.cruisingworld.com/story/destinations/cruising-newfoundland/
https://www.cruisingworld.com/story/people/cruisers-volunteer-to-make-a-difference/
https://www.cruisingworld.com/boot-key/


Blue Water Sailing Magazine Article

Hare Bay, Newfoundlandarticle about Hare Bay
Ever since reading Canadian author Farley Mowat’s books about Newfoundland’s southwest coast, it has been our dream to sail there. A couple of summers ago, the dream came true when my husband and I departed the Chesapeake Bay and headed north on our Morgan 38, Mary T. (Read more)

Screenplay

In the Mouth of the Lion
Won third prize in the Los Angeles-based African Film Commission’s storytelling competition; was optioned but not produced.
(First six pages of screenplay)


Essay

Exploring the Gambia
Sometimes life provides you with an experience that wakes you up and makes all your senses come alive. Going to The Gambia, West Africa with Professor Bill Roberts and the students of St. Mary’s College, Maryland was that kind of experience. I went to make a documentary film about the students’ adventure into a new world and see how it changed them. What I didn’t realize was how much it would change me. (Read more)


Essay

Amy in Africa Death of a Chief
(first three pages)
I am at the Dulles airport Delta check-in counter frantically searching through my purse for my airline ticket. A sick feeling rises up inside me. I dig through my other carry-on bag, but it’s not there. My ex-husband,  Papis, watches me patiently. We’re about to fly to back to Senegal, West Africa via New York City to be at his dying father’s bedside. (Read more)