Hi,
Since I started writing in 2004, while living in central Italy, I have had six chapbooks published, the most recent, "Upheaval", was one of three winners in the Red Ochre Press Chapbook Contest for 2012. I have also published extensively online and in print.
I am also a serious watercolor painter, and try to keep both muses happy! I currently live in the East Bay, San Francisco area, where I relocated in 2005, after more than 20 years in Italy, in the regions of Umbria and Tuscany.
I belong to the local Frank Bette Center for the Arts in Alameda, and I am the moderator for our monthly poetry and prose meet ups, Lit Night at Julie's, Julie's Coffee & Tea Shop, first Thursdays of the month, 5 pm to 7 pm. Stop by if you're ever in the area!