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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