Writing and Editing

I have always enjoyed writing, and when still in my teens hoped to have a newspaper journalism career. Skip forward about three decades when I finally began to write academic papers for college. From there, I eased into hobby-related articles for philatelic publications. And now, I also serve as editor for three newsletters. Not exactly journalism, but very satisfying.

Published Articles

These are in reverse chronological order. Some are exactly as written when submitted to the publication, but First Days and Topical Time articles have been scanned to PDF from the published version. A big THANK YOU to the editors of those journals whose layouts reall made my stories stand out! Each article will pop up in a new window when you click the link. Use the back arrow to return to this website page.

"Marianne Moore, Modernist Poet." The JAPOS Bulletin, Journalists, Authors, and Poets on Stamps, Whole Number 197, Spring 2025, p. 5.

"How Whites Wrote Black." The JAPOS Bulletin, Journalists, Authors, and Poets on Stamps, Whole Number 196, Winter 2025, pp. 4-6.

"Big Move to Big Pages." WE Expressions, Newsletter of the Women Exhibitors, Vol. 19, Q3, July 2025, pp. 6-7.

"Personalizing Philately Through Event Covers." First Days, Journal of the American First Day Cover Society, Vol. 70, No. 482, May-June 2025, pp. 30-39.

"Nellie Bly, Investigative Journalist." The JAPOS Bulletin, Journalists, Authors, and Poets on Stamps, Whole Number 194, Summer 2024, p. 10.

"Toni Morrison's Recitatif." The JAPOS Bulletin, Journalists, Authors, and Poets on Stamps, Whole Number 193, Spring 2024, pp. 8-9.

"This Phizzog: Sandburg on Cachets." First Days, Journal of the American First Day Cover Society, Vol. 69, No. 474, January-February 2024, pp. 32-41.

"Carl Sandburg as a Modernist, Parts 1 and 2." on website of Journalists, Authors, and Poets on Stamps, www.authorsonstamps.org November 9, 2023.

"The Camera Sees More in Twelfth Night." The JAPOS Bulletin, Journalists, Authors, and Poets on Stamps, Whole Number 189, Spring 2023, pp. 2-3.

"Research Issue Brought AP Readers a Fab Four." Letter to Editor, The American Philatelist, Vol. 137. Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, March 2023, p. 212.

"Marrying Exhibit Material with a Literary History Study: Samuel Clemens & Bret Harte in the West." Topical Time, Journal of the American Topical Association, Vol. 74, No. 6, Nov-Dec 2022, pp. 52-80, digital edition.

"James Baldwin: Writing from Life, Searching for Self." The JAPOS Bulletin, Journalists, Authors, and Poets on Stamps, Whole Number 187, Autumn 2022, pp. 4-7.

"An Exhibitor's Wish for More Variety in Cachet Designs: The Steinbeck Issue." First Days, Journal of the American First Day Cover Society, Vol. 464, May-June 2022, pp. 42-48.

"My Mom the General, A Daughter's Memories." Talking Leaves 2022, Indiana University-Purdue University, pp. 58-64.

"A Vaudeville Memoir: Topsy-Turvy." Talking Leaves 2011, Indiana University-Purdue University, pp. 64-68.

"Laws Help Prevent Danger at Intersections." Letter to Editor, The Republic, Columbus, Indiana, January 2007. Rated "Best of Field in 2007" January 13, 2008, p. B4.

"War Reserve Materiel (WRM) Program Guidance and Procedures." Editor, Air Force Instruction 25-101, Air National Guard Supplement 1, April 2006, 15 pages.