BIO: Surrounded by women all my life who were always making something, seemingly out of nothing, sparked the creative spirit. I majored in art in high school and went on to graduate from Rhode Island School of Design. Altho I no longer work in my field of study, each day and every project has been influenced by the education I received. My career path and life have twisted this way and that, each turn presenting an opportunity to learn something new. Now that I am settled in the wonderful village of Annisquam on a special property that use to be an herb farm I am able to let my imagination run creatively wild.

Again I am surrounded by a group of women who are creative and giving of their talents. The garden is a place of refuge as well as production--the New England work ethic has kept most of the gardens filled with fruits and vegetables with a nod to the Norton sisters, members of the Folly Cove Designers, who grew herbs and many medicinal plants for their mail-order business. There are days when I feel their presence here in this special place. My small workroom is piled high with supplies for future projects! -- dried plant materials, containers, papers, books, watercolors, fabrics and, of course, yarn.

I fear I will run out of time before I run out of projects!