I grew up surrounded by pigs, chickens, big gardens and the wide open wheat fields of my family farm at Craik, Saskatchewan. My brother and his family farm there now, and I call Saskatoon home.

After studying journalism (and a short stint at the Ottawa Citizen), I worked at the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix and then CBC TV/Radio in Saskatoon. When the daily news grind got too grind-y, I skipped out and took up freelancing.

As a writer (and a cook from scratch kinda gal) I followed my heart and stomach back to the farm ~ across the province and deep into the agricultural heartland of Canada ~ to the down home cooking of my childhood and the bounty of Saskatchewan. I wrote a bushel of food-and-farm related articles, including three food columns (Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Prairies North magazine and Grainews).

Over the years, my interests have gravitated toward food, history, biography and archival photography and resulted (so far) five books:

~ Prairie Feast: A Writer's Journey Home for Dinner (2010 Coteau)
~ Out of Old Saskatchewan Kitchens (2014 MacIntyre Purcell)
~ Saskatoon: A History in Words and Pictures (2017 MacIntyre Purcell)
~ Evolution of the Provincial Court of Sask (2018 private commission)
⭐️NEW⭐️  ~ Thelma: A Life in Pictures (2020 MacIntyre Purcell)

I am eternally grateful for the financial, moral and publishing support of the following artistic institutions: