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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
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Lan Su Chinese Garden , Horticulture, January 2020Portland’s Berry Botanic Gardens , Horticulture, 2019Soil Matters, Horticulture, 2019
Keeping the Bees, Horticulture, 2019
Limahuli Gardens , Horticulture, 2018Keeping Bees , Horticulture, 2018Joshua Tree , The Blazing Star, Spring 2017Conditions Matter , Horticulture, Spring 2016Fox Grape , The Blazing Star, March 2015Your Indoor Citrus Grove , A Garden Life, March 2014 Red Huckleberry , The Blazing Star, April 2014 Hive Mentality , 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 2012The Wild Horses of Oregon, Northwest Travel, October 2012My Precious Easy Freezing , Back Home Magazine, September 2012Why 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? 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 , 2020The Battle of Ares: Book Five of the Osteria Chronicles , 2020The Osteria Chronicles Boxset: Books 1 – 3 , 2020Domna: A Serialized Novel (six parts, plus Complete Series), 2019The Bonds of Osteria: Book Four of the Osteria Chronicles , 2018The Maze of Minos: Book Three of the Osteria Chronicles , 2017The Voyage: Book Two of The Osteria Chronicles ,The Trials of Hercules: Book One of The Osteria Chronicles Easy Preserving: Simple Ways to Save Your Bounty, Second Edition, 2014Going Native: Small Steps to a Healthy Garden ,My Garden Journal: A Year of Chores, Dreams, and Observations – 13th Hour: Tales from Light to Midnight, 2012 (second edition, Soup for You, 2012Simply 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.
