PUBLICATIONS BOOKS: “Kitchen Odysseys” Finishing Line Press Publication Date: 2005 "Watching Ants" Finishing Line Press Publication Date:  2009 POETRY: Surprising Stories 2008 Poem:  "Nightmare" Red Owl 2006 Poems: "Fin" "Pocket Gopher" Hidden Oak 2004 Poems: “Borrowed” “Feign” Mobius 2004 Poems: “Social Occasions” “Wind” Byline Magazine 2004 Poem: “Art and Craft” Byline Magazine 1994 Poem: “Poetic Justice” The Villager 1993 Poem: “Family Tree” Lines and Rhymes 1993 Poems: “The Many” “Night Prayer” “Flower Garden” “Only Skin Deep” Thirteen Magazine 1993 Poem: ”El Sol No Brilla” (including English Translation) Tiger Moon Press 1993 Poem: “The Answer” Pleiades Magazine 1993 Poems: “Free to Fly” “Changes” Nomad’s Choir 1993 Poem: “Pageant” Tucumcari Literary Review 1993 Poem: “Visions of Spring” Words of Wisdom 1993 Poem: “On Social Occasions” Pablo Lennis 1993 Poems: “Nightmare” “Conquest” The Saturday Evening Post 1992 Poems: “On Anger” “On Marriage” The Beer and Pub Poetry Anthology The Green Glass Trading Company 1992 Poem: “A Toast” The Advocate 1992 Poems: “Chameleon” “The Flame of Friendship” “One Evening” Fighting Woman News 1992 Poem: “Tae Guk #4” Poetalk 1992 Poems: “Heartsong” “The Eyes of Me” Earthwise: A Journal of Poetry 1983 Poem: “The Value of Poems” Earthwise Literary Calendar 1983 Poem: “On Seeing and Sharing” FICTION - SHORT STORIES: “The Oddest Couple” Eldritch Tales, 1993 COLUMNS: "The Corner Table" - Restaurant Critic's Column The Newsletter of The Eastern Alameda County Bar Association 2003 – 2004 "The Center Line" The Valley Pioneer Newspaper 1977 – 1979 NON-FICTION: “The Etiquette of Grief” Eastern Alameda County Bar Association Newsletter October, 2004 “Every Minute Counts” Eastern Alameda County Bar Association Newsletter June/July, 2004 “Cartoonist Stu Reese: The Lighter Side of Law” Eastern Alameda County Bar Association Newsletter February, 2004 “No, Really, I Dropped My Ticket” Eastern Alameda County Bar Association Newsletter January, 2004 “Employee Retention in a Tough Economy” Eastern Alameda County Bar Association Newsletter January, 2004 “Lawyers Likely Exempted from Privacy Reporting” Eastern Alameda County Bar Association Newsletter November, 2003 “Microsoft Phases Out Old Software” Eastern Alameda County Bar Association Newsletter November, 2003 “Final Call for National Do Not Call Registry?” Eastern Alameda County Bar Association Newsletter October, 2003 “Is Your Paralegal Legal?” Eastern Alameda County Bar Association Newsletter September, 2003 “Office Safety” Prentice Hall/Simon & Schuster, 1993 “Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury” Prentice Hall/Simon & Schuster, 1993 “Uh Oh, Oh No, and Oops” Prentice Hall/Simon & Schuster, 1992 “Tooting Your Own Horn” Prentice Hall/Simon & Schuster, 1992 CONTESTS AND AWARDS: 74th Annual Writers Digest Writing Competition Non-Rhyming Poetry Category Honorable Mention Poem: "Koi Pond" 74th Annual Writers Digest Writing Competition Rhyming Poetry Category Honorable Mention Poem: "Elegy" San Mateo County Fair 2004 Second Place/Silver Award Poem: “Before the Now” San Mateo County Fair 2004 Third Place/Bronze Award, Poetry Poem: “Dead End” Pleasanton Poetry and Art Festival 2004 Honorable Mention, Poetry Poem: “Genesis” The Alameda County Fair 1995 Fine Arts/Poetry Gold Award Poem: “Looking Back on the Future” The Alameda County Fair 1994 Fine Arts/Poetry Silver Award Poem: “The Pinnacle” The Alameda County Fair 1994 Fine Arts/Poetry Silver Award Poem: “Prelude to the Past” The Contra Costa Times 1978 Poetry Contest Second Prize Poem: “all these things”