John Legend’s Visit to the Oregon District

August 11, 2019 was a special night for a select few in Dayton’s Oregon District, and I am proud to say that I was one of them. Tickets were given to several dozen to attend an intimate performance by Springfield, Ohio singer/songwriter John Legend. The night was started off with encouraging words from our local […]

Oregon District Holds Vigil

Last night at 1:07 AM a mass shooter ripped through the heart of Dayton’s famous Oregon District in a hail of gun fire that ended in the loss of nine innocent lives and resulted in the killer himself being shot by DPD (who were already there, and in less than 60 seconds saved dozens of […]

The Princess Transformed Blog

Come visit me at my new fairy tale blog princesstrans.wordpress.com

Women of the River

Here’s a link to my research narrative concerning my native roots and the novel by Terese Marie Mailhot, Heart Berries. https://thewomenoftheriver.wordpress.com/

Cowboys and Indians: Mailhot and the Native Spirit

Terese Marie Mailhot’s brilliant debut novel manages to not only awaken spirits long forgotten, but also to exploit every derogatory way that North American white culture thinks of Native indigenous peoples. Beginning with a state of the “Indian Condition” and emphasizing the intergenerational trauma and never-ending pain of her people, she is deliberate and clever […]

Trigger Warning: This Book’s About Your Life

“This was different. This felt like real life. It can happen to a girl. She can be entirely alone on a Sunday morning and then a teacher can say her name.” Jo Hadley, p. 59 In an interview with Just the Right Book Podcast, Kate Walbert said that she liked to, “write into silences.” She […]

Heart Beat Bill Passed in Ohio