creative nonfiction

• Mom Should Not Be Trusted, Shaking the Tree: Brazen. Short. Memoir. vol. 2

• The Interview, Shaking the Tree: Brazen. Short. Memoir. vol. 3

• Escape, A Year In Ink, Volume 9, San Diego Writers’, Ink

• Daddy Bedtime, Motherscope Magazine, Issue #3: Radical Mama

• The Beach Rat and the Work Boot, Hello America Lit

• How I Weaned My Toddler with Eggnog and Temporarily Lost My Mind, Sammiches & Psych Meds

• A Day at the Beach, Olfactory Memoirs Project

• The School Bus, Olfactory Memoirs Project

• 96-Degree Rumination, Mothers Always Write - now defunct

• First Kiss, Brave Voices Magazine, Issue #5 - now defunct

“IRREVERENT MOM” opinion columns

2023

• Sick

2022

• Back to Work

• Bedtime Stalling

2021

• Holiday Magic

• Back to School

• Dog People

2020

• Plague Parenting

• Plague Parenting, Part II - "Bugs are my Friends Now"

• Plague Parenting, Part III - Insomnia and Kitty Games

Storytelling and Performances

• Food Stamps and Father’s Day, So Say We All, VAMP: Law and Disorder

• Escape, So Say We All, VAMP: To Grandmother's House We Go

• Kid Love, The Moth StorySLAM Seattle: Love Hurts

• Shady Business, The Moth StorySLAM Seattle: Business

• The Interview, San Diego Memoir Showcase 2019: I Didn’t See That Coming

• Mom Should Not Be Trusted, San Diego Memoir Showcase 2018: Things We Don’t Talk About

• The Day We Fled, San Diego Memoir Showcase: First Annual Memoir Writers’ Showcase

• The Public Pool, Olfactory Memoirs Project Preview Performance

News and feature Stories

Award Winning Stories, WNPA Better Newspaper Contest

• 1st place: education reporting, 2022 – Pandemic Fuels Increase in Homeschooling

• 1st place: education reporting, 2021 – KP Students Win First Place in Teen Writing and Art Contests

• 2nd place: sports personality feature, 2021 – Jonah Derrick - Proud Unified Athlete, Leader and Friend

• 3rd place: personality profile, 2022 – KP Institution and Leader of the Band, Dr. Roes Retires, Sort Of

2022

• Evergreen Elementary Girls on the Run

• Evergreen Elementary’s Bette McCord Retires

• Local Farm Animal Rescue Organization Saves Lives

• KPCCA Fundraiser and Great Brick Reveal Celebrate 66th Anniversary

• Therapy Dog Ginger and Stroke Survivor Scott Vande Zande

• School District Staffing Shortage Improves

• Mushroom Cabin Brings Never-Never Land to Lakebay

• KP Institution and Leader of the Band, Dr. William Roes Retires, Sort Of

• Local Scouts Welcome New Leadership and Rechartered Cubs

2021

• Key Center Library Welcomes Visitors

• KP Partnership for a Healthy Community Goes Independent

• Pandemic Fuels Increase in Homeschooling

• Skate Night Ready to Roll Under New Management

• After Surviving Pandemic, Brookside Veterinary Hospital Changes Hands

• Cooperative Preschool to Relocate as District Program Expands

• Lunch Ladies Extraordinaire’ Keep KP Kids Fed

• New Generation Brings New Life to Local Pharmacy

• PSD Transportation Director Annie Bell to Retire February 28

2020

• Local Students Qualify for All-Nationals Choir

• KP Students Win First Place in Teen Writing and Art Contests

• Virtual ‘Play to Learn’ for KP Kids

• Kolby Asbra - Ultimate Kid Whisperer

• The Vibrant Resurgence of Tie-Dye

• How to Tie-Dye a Shirt

• Vaughn Elementary Welcomes New Principal

• Key Center Library Offers Curbside Service

• Two Waters Arts Alliance Provides Art to Young and Old

• Jonah Derrick - Proud Unified Athlete, Leader and Friend

• Local Artist Shana Lukinich Donates Masks Nationwide

• What Preschoolers Think About That

• James McCourt, Rising Star

• Time to Celebrate as Cottage in Home Turns 100

• Easy Thai Easy Go Brings Chiang Mai Cuisine to the KP

• Successful Little Toasters Program Supports Young Girls

2019

• New Fire Safety Program for Preschoolers

• Pioneer Elementary Principal Presents Dream for STEAM

• Scarecrow Invasion Charms Downtown Key Center

• Fiber Arts Festival a Popular Success

• Key Peninsula Farm Tour Grows and Transforms

• Art Walk Transforms Key Center

• Comedy, Juggling and Physics—the Zaniac Delights Young Scientists

• Candidate for Key Pen Parks Commissioner Position 3: Mark Michel

• Trinkets and Treasures at the KP Swap Meet

• New Playground at Volunteer Park

• 360 Trails Inspires KP Pirates Biking Team

• New KP Beekeepers Group Joins State Association

Photo Credits

Award Winning Photo, WNPA Better Newspaper Contest: 3rd place – “Dance Party”

• Cooperative Preschool to Relocate as District Program Expands

• “Who’s a Good Dog?”

• Kolby Asbra - Ultimate Kid Whisperer

• What Preschoolers Think About That

• “Dance Party”, Out and About

• Successful Little Toasters Program Supports Young Girls

• Fiber Arts Festival a Popular Success

• Art Walk Transforms Key Center

• Comedy, Juggling and Physics—the Zaniac Delights Young Scientists

• Trinkets and Treasures at the KP Swap Meet

• New Playground at Volunteer Park