Resume

ART Exhibitions

• Red Soils Campus Entry Gallery, Oregon City, Oregon, March to June 2016
• Providence Willamette Falls Hospital, Oregon City, Oregon, October 2016 to January 2017
• Clackamas Community College, Wilsonville Campus, April to June 2017
• Public Services Building, Oregon City, Oregon, May to August 2017
• Creative Spirits Gallery, West Linn, Oregon, July to August 2017
• Broadway Gallery, Longview, Washington, August 2017
• Development Services Building Gallery, Oregon City, Oregon, April to July 2018
• Beavercreek Health Center Gallery, Oregon City, Oregon, November 2018 to February 2019

Art Awards And Honors

• First Place in the Drawing Category, Clackamas County Fair, 2015
• First Place in the Landscape Category, Clackamas County Fair, 2015
• First Place in the Drawing Category, Clackamas County Fair, 2016
• First Place in the Digital Art Category, Clackamas County Fair, 2016

ART Memberships

• Clackamas Arts Alliance, Artist Exhibit Program, 2016
• Colored Pencil Society of America, 2016
• Colored Pencil Society of America Portland District Chapter, 2016
• Clackamas Arts Alliance, Artist Exhibit Program, 2017
• Clackamas Arts Alliance, Artist Exhibit Program, 2018

Writing Awards and Honors

• First Place, Novel Excerpt Award, Soul Making Keats Literary Competition, 2020
• Third Place, Short Story Award, Soul Making Keats Literary Competition, 2020
• Honorable Mention for the Joanna Catherine Scott Novel Excerpt Award, 2014
• Second Place, Mary Mackey Short Fiction Competition, 2011.
• Honorable Mention, Writer’s Journal Write to Win Contest, 2011.
• Second Prize in Humor from the Alabama Writers Conclave 2011.
• Honorable Mention in Non-Fiction from Willamette Writer’s Kay Snow Competition 2011.
• Honorable Mention in Horror Writing from Writer’s Journal 2010
• Honorable Mention in Fiction from the Alabama Writers’ Conclave 2010
• Honorable Mention for the Rosalie Fleming Memorial Humor Prize, 2009
• Honorable Mention for the Joanna Catherine Scott Novel Excerpt Award, 2008

Education & workshops

• Drawing, Clackamas Community College Community Education, 2014
• Bachelor of Science, Portland State University, 1999
• Associate of the Arts, Mount Hood Community College, 1997

Publications

Select Magazine Articles

• Lan Su Chinese Garden, Horticulture, January 2020
• Portland’s Berry Botanic Gardens, Horticulture, 2019
• Soil Matters, Horticulture, 2019
• Keeping the Bees, Horticulture, 2019
• Limahuli Gardens, Horticulture, 2018
• Keeping Bees, Horticulture, 2018
• Joshua Tree, The Blazing Star, Spring 2017
• Conditions Matter, Horticulture, Spring 2016
• Fox Grape, The Blazing Star, March 2015
• Your Indoor Citrus Grove, A Garden Life, March 2014
•  Red Huckleberry, The Blazing Star, April 2014
•  Hive Mentality, Sasee Magazine, January 2014
•  Year-Round Herbs, BackHome Magazine, December 2013
•  Why is My Lab Going Bald?, Just Labs, May 2013
•  Visiting Ecola State Park, Oregon Coast Magazine, November 2012.
•  Northwest Maritime Museums, Oregon Coast Magazine, November 2012.
•  Dining in Italy, AAA Midwest Magazine, November 2012
• The Wild Horses of Oregon, Northwest Travel, October 2012
• My Precious, Sasee Magazine, September 2012
• Easy Freezing, Back Home Magazine, September 2012
• Why is My Dog Going Bald?, Animal Wellness Magazine, August 2012
•  Growing Beneficial Berries, Back Home Magazine, July/August 2012
•  Deadly Imitators, Back Home Magazine, July/August 2012
•  Refreshing Mints, American Gardener, May 2012
•  Oregon’s Scenic Highway 38, Northwest Travel, May 2012
•  Four Finger Bill, Horizons, March/April 2012.
•  Home Cheese Making, Back Home Magazine, February 2012.
•  Native Berries for the Birds, Wild Bird, January 2012
•  You Want Me to Cook What?, Sasee Magazine, November 2011
•  Cascade Head Scenic Area, Northwest Travel, November 2011
•  Herbal Gifts from the Garden, Back Home Magazine, October 2011
•  Year-Round Herbs, Herb Companion, March 2011.
•  Show Your Bike Some Love, Northwest Cyclist, March 2011.
•  Northwest Alien Encounters, Northwest Travel, March 2011.
•  Vancouver’s Markets, Northwest Travel, December 2010.
•  Oaks Bottom Raptors, Wild Bird, July 2010.
•  Beneficial Berries, Herb Companion, July 2010.
•  Herbs to Fight the Bite, Herb Companion, May 2010
•  The Ritual, Underwired, April 2010
•  Cerebellar Hypoplasia – Tipsy Kitty, I Love Cats, January 2010.
•  Winter Cycling Needs, Outdoors NW, November 2009
•  Tillamook – Land of Many Activities, Oregon Coast Magazine, September 2009.

Books

• The Return of Odysseus: Book Six of the Osteria Chronicles, 2020
• The Battle of Ares: Book Five of the Osteria Chronicles, 2020
• The Osteria Chronicles Boxset: Books 1 – 3, 2020
• Domna: A Serialized Novel (six parts, plus Complete Series), 2019
• The Bonds of Osteria: Book Four of the Osteria Chronicles, 2018
• The Maze of Minos: Book Three of the Osteria Chronicles, 2017
• The Voyage: Book Two of The Osteria Chronicles, 2015
• The Trials of Hercules: Book One of The Osteria Chronicles, 2014
• Easy Preserving: Simple Ways to Save Your Bounty, Second Edition,  2014
• Going Native: Small Steps to a Healthy Garden, 2013
• My Garden Journal: A Year of Chores, Dreams, and Observations – 2013
• 13th Hour: Tales from Light to Midnight, 2012 (second edition, 2015)
• Soup for You, 2012
• Simply Soft Cheese: Home Cheese Making Made Quick & Easy, 2012

Anthologies

• The First Line Literary Journal, Winter 2020
• Eighteen, Fall 2019
• Non-Binary Review, Fall 2019
• Ash Magazine Issue 2, 2011
• Soup of Souls, 2011 – “L’Uomo Cotto”
• Pets Across America, 2009 – “Jake – Bargain Basement Security System.”

Internet Publications

• Garden Life Magazine – Growing Citrus Indoors, 2014
• In the Know Traveler – Conquering Fear at Xunantunich, 2013
• EarthSpeak Magazine – Making Space, 2012
• Between 2010 and 2014, I published hundreds of articles on eHow Fitness, eHow Travel, eHow Home & Garden, eHow Food & Drink, USAToday Travel, LIVESTRONG.com. SF Gate Gardening, National Geographic, Global Post Food, AZ Central Healthy Living, and Opposing Views Science.