ABOUT ME
I have been writing since the third grade, when I won an essay contest.
First prize was a pink, glass-beaded rosary. That little victory inspired me to
continue along the path I had chosen, which was the pursuit of a writing
career. My teacher, sister Mary Irmengarde, was my mentor and encouraged me to stay the course in spite of the obstacles that might lie ahead. So in spite of the detours, bumps, and tortuous turns along the way, I kept on writing. My
output, so far, is a published novella, a batch of articles and short stories, and about ten novels that died a-borning.
WHY GOD HAS GRAY HAIR is a collection of resurrected memories of my years
as a student in a Catholic parochial school, nurtured, instructed, and guided by
the teaching Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict, some of them not much older than the children they were appointed to teach. I went through the entire eight year curriculum bearing no visible scars, actually grateful for the
experience.
ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL'S WASHBOARD BAND is a story that centers on a true incident from my youth.
Today, three quarters of a lifetime later, I am still writing, and so far have never been sued, slandered, or had any of my work plagiarized (darn it).
At present I write a humor article for the newspaper, SENIOR CONNECTION.
I live in the small, comfortable little town of New Lenox, which is about thirty-five miles from Chicago, whose borders keep pushing outward, steadily lessening the distance between my town and the great midwest metropolis.