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Services: A Year in Review: 2025

2025 was about consistency. Showing up, making small improvements, and staying focused. It made all the difference.

Site Catalog: Books Available on Amazon

These are all of my published books. I do really appreciate all of the support I’ve received, positive and constructive, and I can’t wait to see what Adventures are next.

Poem Genome: The Stalker

It’s 4 o’clock in the morning
I haven’t slept a wink
When I saw you there
had to stare
I couldn’t even blink.

Not bored riding in the car with whiskers

Whiskers’ Activities: Criss-Cross, Word Search, & More for Clever Kids

Puzzles and activities based on Whiskers’ adventures. Solve criss-cross and word search puzzles. Help Whiskers through a maze!

Poem Genome: The Threshold

Footsteps pass through the room. Voices spill and fade. Someone weeps. Someone prays. All of them kind, and all of them far away.

Poem Genome: Crossroads

Up before your partner, out the door before he wakes.
Tending to the daily grind, not seeing our love at stake.

Services: How to Connect

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Poem Genome: Shadow Train

Smoke on the horizon, moon ridin’ low,
Steel rails hummin’ where cold winds blow.
A train and its shadow, side by side.
Ridin’ the rails with nothing to hide.

PA Heritage Series: Stories of Pennsylvania

From the bravery of Quaker settlers standing firm against persecution to the heartwarming stories of families building a new life in a land of promise.

Works: Billy & Mia Mysteries

Our journey begins with my Early Reader Books, filled with playful characters, big imagination, and heartwarming lessons for young readers and families.