She earned her living as a writer, photographer, editor and publisher for about 30 years ranging from science writer in Boston to freelance reporter in communities near her home. Her work has been published in Puckerbrush, Echoes, Wolf Moon, Off the Coast, The Aputamkon Review, Narramissic Notebook, a few anthologies and other literary works and many newspapers. She is a member of Orland Fire Department, the Salt Coast Sages poetry collaborative, and Maine Poets Society.