Curiosity fuels my writing. That’s why I’ve written about such a wide variety of subjects for more than 20 years. From personal finance to food, technology to parenting, I am a versatile writer who welcomes the opportunity to learn new things along the way to engaging writing for a publication’s audience.
The clips below represent a wide swath of my experience.
Personal Essays
Where This Beef Burgundy Came From | Farmer-ish
My son survived Sandy Hook. I want to tell him it won’t happen again, but I can’t. | The Washington Post
The Adjective that Best Describes Real Life | The Girlfriend
Teaching my kids how to make focaccia helped my family find peace | Motherwell Magazine
Parenting & Raising Kids
10 hilarious April Fools’ Day pranks to play on your kids | The TODAY Show
How to Teach Your Kids Financial Literacy | Yahoo! Finance
Are Your Kids Ready for Skiing? | SheKnows
Food & Drink
Dinner at Maine’s The Lost Kitchen Now Costs $250 Each | The Bangor Daily News
A Ukrainian Coffee Roaster is Bringing Nuanced Beans to the Midcoast | The Bangor Daily News
What You Need To Know About Homebrewing in Maine | Bangor Daily News
What I Learned Cooking in a Rental Cabin Kitchen | Sarah’s Cucina Bella
What Starting a Cookbook Club Taught Me | Hello Homestead
Recipes
Beef, Potato and Chorizo Empanadas | Pillsbury
Pumpkin Cheesecake Monkey Bread | Pillsbury
Buffalo Chicken Mac and Cheese | Betty Crocker
Salted Caramel Banana Bread | Betty Crocker
Culture
The Pirates of the Long Island Sound | Connecticut Magazine
What is normal, anyway? | Bangor Daily News
Halloween is So Much More Than Trick or Treating | Bangor Daily News
New symphony sets the story of Maine’s climate change to music for Maine Science Festival | Bangor Metro Magazine
A mysterious death in Damariscotta | Bangor Daily News
Home & Garden
How to make DIY etched glassware for spring | SheKnows
These Jars Aren’t for Canning | Hello Homestead
What Vegetable Gardening Taught Me This Year | Bangor Daily News
Canning Tomatoes Like Your Grandmother Did Isn’t A Good Idea | Bangor Daily News
Sustainability
How to Improve Your Kitchen Sustainability in 2020 | Hello Homestead
Our country is out of touch with our food system. Can we shift the tide here in Maine? | Hello Homestead
My new thrifted cast iron pan is costing a fortune in elbow grease — but it’s worth it | Bangor Daily News
Travel
Connecticut Summer Beach Guide | Connecticut Magazine
Why You Should Visit Maine’s Capital | Bangor Metro Magazine
Planning a Perfect Spring Break Getaway | Momtastic
Personal Finance & Career
Data Science Touches Everything We Do—Here’s How to Break Into the Industry | The Muse
Your First Paycheck: Explained | The Muse
How to fix your credit after personal disaster | SheKnows
How Becoming a Single Parent Improved My Finances | Parent Map
Five Ways to Better Prepare Students for Careers | Education World
Education
Tomorrow’s Workforce: What Students Need | Education World
Lesson Plan: Design a Presidential Candidate | Education World
Lesson Plan: Understanding Political Parties | Education World
Encouraging Year-Round Learning | SheKnows
Relationships
How I Lost Touch with My Best Friend | The Girlfriend from AARP
Health & Beauty
The common kids’ sitting position that could be a sign of trouble | SheKnows
My Hair is Thinning and I’m No Longer Afraid to Say It | The Ethel by AARP
Does Fasting Really Benefit Your Health? | SheKnows
News
A Grain Revolution is Rising in Skowhegan | Bangor Daily News
Mom refuses to back down when museum tells her to stop breastfeeding | SheKnows
Sixty judicial marshals get ax in layoff blitz | Middletown Press
Gangs of Torrington | Register-Citizen
Young farmer wants to put Valley on winemaking map | New Haven Register
Authors & Celebrities
Local author explores the last days of missing AT hiker Geraldine Largay | Bangor Metro Magazine
70 years after the great fires in Maine, new novel explores the aftermath | Bangor Daily News
How this children’s author was inspired by Maine waking up | Bangor Metro Magazine
Maine author has kids under her spell with fairy-themed cookbook | Fiddlehead Focus
The Fresh Beat Band‘s Tara Perry opens up | SheKnows
Taye Diggs dishes on the importance of breakfast — and being a dad | SheKnows
A Mostly Complete List of Publications I’ve Written For
- Absolute Markets Newsletter
- Amazing Moms by Disney
- AllParenting.com
- Bangor Daily News
- Bangor Metro Magazine
- BELLA Magazine
- Betty Crocker
- BlogHer.com
- ClassesUSA/HotJobs
- Connecticut Magazine
- Current Events Magazine
- Currency
- Daily Wireless
- Disrupt Aging by AARP
- EducationWorld
- Encyclopedia of Motherhood
- Experian
- FabulousFoods.com
- Family Eden
- Fiddlehead Focus
- FindTheRightJob.com
- Fine Cooking Magazine
- Focus.com
- Hartford Courant
- HR World
- HybridMom.com
- Inside CRM
- IT Management
- iVillage
- JoanLunden.com
- LifeScoop
- Living Without Magazine
- Manilla.com
- Momtastic.com
- Momtourage by iVillage
- Motherwell Magazine
- Mott’s More to the Core blog
- Moving.com
- Muse.com
- NBC News
- New Haven Register
- Parent Map
- Parent Society
- Paste Magazine
- Pen and Parent
- Pillsbury
- Recipe Lion
- Savvy Source
- Scratch Wireless
- SheKnows.com
- SmartMom.co
- Sunmaid Blog
- Tablespoon.com
- Thanksgiving.com
- The Ethel by AARP
- The Girlfriend by AARP
- The Kitchenthusiast by KitchenAid
- The Ledger (Husson University Alumni Magazine)
- The Register Citizen (CT)
- The TODAY Show Website
- The Washington Post
- The Well Fed Network
- Tovala
- TravelingMom.com
- Type-A Mom
- VOIP News
- WalletPop.com
- Yahoo! Finance
- Yum for Kids Magazine