My writing life
From early childhood, when I insisted on integrating the Catholic School Boys' Playground, I've been a feminist. Using my pen, I've written scholarly, mass market books, and articles concerning inequalities of gender, race, and class. This site introduces many of these writings. I first explored these elements while a social researcher at Johns Hopkins University.
At Sonoma State University, my students demanded more material on women's history, so I shifted my research to biographies. I was fascinated by the lives of women connected to noted men. Living near Jack London State Historic Park, I discovered London's second wife Charmian Kittredge. Then I examined several generations of women in two prominent families: Vanderbilt and Rockefeller. Returning to Jack London, I explored all the women connected to him: mother, stepsister, wives, friends.
My latest essay is "Aesthetics, Androgyny, and Identity: Charmian Kittredge London’s Artful Life," for Women's Studies. Find a copy of this and other London scholarship on my London Articles page.
My first fiction book is Slanderley: Love and Death in Cornwall. This spoof is solely to entertain while it mocks the British class system. http://tiny.cc/li4vdy
I prepare educational materials, scores, and scripts for Mother Lode Musical Theater into print and eBooks, as well as manage its website. This non-profit creates California History materials through use of music and drama. With the group's director, Corinne Swall, I co-wrote Tule Reeds and Cattails: An Adventure, A Guidebook.
Other volunteer activities include managing the websites for The Sitting Room: A Community Library and Renaissance Singers Retreat. I also serve on the Sonoma-Tokaj Sister City Committee. Yet most of my volunteer time is playing music.
At Sonoma State University, my students demanded more material on women's history, so I shifted my research to biographies. I was fascinated by the lives of women connected to noted men. Living near Jack London State Historic Park, I discovered London's second wife Charmian Kittredge. Then I examined several generations of women in two prominent families: Vanderbilt and Rockefeller. Returning to Jack London, I explored all the women connected to him: mother, stepsister, wives, friends.
My latest essay is "Aesthetics, Androgyny, and Identity: Charmian Kittredge London’s Artful Life," for Women's Studies. Find a copy of this and other London scholarship on my London Articles page.
My first fiction book is Slanderley: Love and Death in Cornwall. This spoof is solely to entertain while it mocks the British class system. http://tiny.cc/li4vdy
I prepare educational materials, scores, and scripts for Mother Lode Musical Theater into print and eBooks, as well as manage its website. This non-profit creates California History materials through use of music and drama. With the group's director, Corinne Swall, I co-wrote Tule Reeds and Cattails: An Adventure, A Guidebook.
Other volunteer activities include managing the websites for The Sitting Room: A Community Library and Renaissance Singers Retreat. I also serve on the Sonoma-Tokaj Sister City Committee. Yet most of my volunteer time is playing music.
E-mail is the best way to contact me.