My passion is learning and helping others to learn. My original blog started as a place to document learning how to quilt — the trials, the successes, the raging frustration. It evolved to include other learning experiences like returning to college to pursue an Instructional Design degree, a too-long experience with chemotherapy, and whatever else has come my way. I am frequently reminded that learning doesn’t take place within a specific period of time. We are never done.

I am currently an instructional designer at a public university in Boise, Idaho. I have a background in Library and Information Science. I began my career as an trainer in 1994 teaching librarians about email and the Internet.  After six years with Florida’s multi-type library cooperatives, I relocated to Idaho in 2001 where I oversaw the statewide Libraries Linking Idaho service from 2001-2017, training library staff to use technology tools, and developed a statewide resource sharing program among libraries. In 2018, I refocused on instruction design to work full time at the university.

Giving back to the communities that have supported my development is important to me. I’ve been a member of the American Library Association (ALA) since 1994 and served on the association’s Executive Board and governing council from 2006-2018. A lover of words and their impact, I writes nonfiction memoir in my spare time while also continuing to learn new things that make life interesting.