Introducing the Cover of Dryland

The cover of my brand new book has landed. I believe the image perfectly captures this swimmer’s victory over alcohol in the Arabian Desert. Keep in mind that some of the empty space is reserved for quotes and descriptive text which are still to come. You can preorder DRYLAND today at Amazon.com!

This Birthday Girl is Going Back to Kenya

On the eve of my 51st birthday I booked our family on a trip to Kenya, where I turned 21 in 1987. A country in which, as a Peace Corps Volunteer, I learned far more than I taught. If you want to know just how much bigger the world is than you, then go to Africa. Because even…

Welcome to Dryland

I’m back. I should have sent a postcard from where I’ve been, but no single image could capture that long, strange trip.  Besides, I may have sent you postcards from the first time I was there, in person. I’ve been (re)treading in some pretty dangerous waters lately while on the final homestretch of my manuscript about an American swimmer who became…