Writing the “Great American Novel” has always been a dream, but it seemed that life would get in the way! Wrote short stories when I was a child and then started writing poetry when I graduated from college. Spent two years teaching in Colorado and twenty more in Wyoming before leaving the profession. When I moved to Nevada in 2000, I found that I missed being a teacher and went to work for the Clark County School District until 2011.
One of the things that I really enjoyed about teaching was watching the expression on children’s faces when they were thoroughly enjoying a story. Big smiles, and totally involved. By this time, I had two cats in the family. Even though the idea of a novel was still in the back of my mind, I decided to write about the younger cat named Sammy. He was a feral cat…
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