Writers write. It's what we do.

Just Ask Leonard. (2024, February). Featured in The Wild Word, global online English-language curated magazine based in Berlin, Germany. "Just Ask Leonard" is my first story as a new columnist for the magazine. It is both an honor and humbling to be among so many talented and accomplished writers from across the world. Each issue has a theme that we write to and I couldn't have asked for a lovelier first theme: LOVE. I wrote about moments of love in a fabric store where I worked part-time for a few years.

Hypocrisy rules state government. (2024, March 21). Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, Letter to Editor, print edition. I sent the letter in response to the many conflicts I was seeing among the bills I was tracking and studying this legislative session. 

Lady Justice, Mommy and Me. (2023, July). Colorado Women's Bar Association, 1891 Blog. When invited by the CWBA's Publications Committee to write a perspective on the Lady Justice statues as symbols of justice through the eyes of a childhood domestic violence survivor, I felt as though I'd waited most of my life to write it. Family members referenced in the story both gave me their blessings before publication. It was bold of the CWBA to publish the story and I am forever grateful to them for having done so.

Time for state to deliver help to heavy drinkers. (2024, February 9). The Denver Post, Open Forum, print edition. I sent the letter in response to lawmaker silence on the 60% rise in alcohol deaths and record breaking domestic violence fatalities involving alcohol in Colorado, questioning lawmaker silence on the crisis as they expand the alcohol takeout and delivery program — while taxpayers subsidize 2/3 of the costs to administer the delivery program. My argument was to celebrate the success of the program and continue it, but don't ignore the deadly fallout of its success.