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Meet the Writers 




​Editor Nancy Peckenham founded Crow’s Feet to build a community of writers who are shaking up old ideas about what it means to grow old.  Since mid-2019, the publication has attracted a diverse group of people who use their words to describe their unique experiences and insights.

Here are the authors whose work appears in the book and on CrowsFeet.life.


Contributing Writers
​

Marie A. Bailey has an M.A. in Creative Writing from Florida
State University. She blogs about writing, nature, cats and
knitting at www.1writeway.com. She’s been published in
Brevity, by Nightingale & Sparrow, and in various publications
on Medium as @marieannbailey. She currently lives in Florida.

Rose Bak is a freelance writer, author and yoga teacher who lives
in Portland, Oregon with her family and special needs dogs. As
a dedicated multipotentialite, she writes on a variety of topics
including self-care, aging, inspiration, business, and pop culture
and is a published romantic fiction author. Rose also teaches
accessible yoga and sings. Visit rosebakenterprises.com or follow
​her on social media @AuthorRoseBak.


Zoe Berry is a former nurse practitioner, nurse educator, and
Queen’s Nurse. She is now exploring how to age well and have
the best later life. Visit www.ageingisagift.co.uk for more.

Beth Bruno has been writing about life and all its complexities
since she was eight years old. She has relished her fifties and is
looking forward to her sixties. She loves hanging out with her
adult children and grandchildren, gardening, raising chickens
and camping on uninhabited islands.

Kathleen Cardwell is now a freelance writer/editor based in
Cincinnati, Ohio, following a 30+ year career in marketing and
communications. Kathleen enjoys writing relevant and
entertaining narratives, personal essays, and feature articles for
magazines. Kathleen has recently started editing memoirs and
family ancestry books. Her writing can be found on Medium.

Caroline Lucas de Braganza is a Wise Old Woman (WOW) who
dreamed of writing when she retired. Caroline has published
essays on a range of topics, from Emotional Health,
Neuroscience, Self and Society to Spirit, dipping into humor
when life gets too serious. Forever curious, Caroline vows to play
with words for the rest of her days.

Brittany Denis, PT, DPT, RES-CPT is a physical therapist,
movement coach, and educator empowering clients through the
aging process with mindful movement. She inspires all adults to
bring a growth mindset to aging in her movement studio as
through writing and educating online. To learn more, visit 
https://www.advancedbalance.org/.

Dennett was always a writer but lived in a bookkeeper’s body
before she found Medium and broke free — well, almost. She is
working to work less and write more.

Katharine Esty, PhD is a practicing psychotherapist, widow,
mother, grandmother, and an activist for aging well. She's on a
mission to dispel myths about old age. She lives in a retirement
community near Boston. Her recent book, Eightysomethings: A
Practical Guide to Letting Go, Aging Well, and Finding
Unexpected Happiness
, can be purchased at Amazon.com. Visit
https://www.katharineesty.com/newsletter-subscriptions to
sign up for Katherine's twice monthly newsletter.

Maggie Fry lives on a small farm south of Erie, Pennsylvania,
where she spends her time gardening, cooking, spinning, and
writing. She also loves to travel.

J. F. Gross is a graduate of The University of Missouri School of
Journalism and worked for more than 30 years for newspapers in
Colorado. She is now retired in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Greg Hopkins lives in Italy with his wife Chrissy and their dog
Tilda. Greg is endlessly fascinated by the paradox of perfection,
wholeness and healing in the midst of chaos.

Paul Hossfield is a retired engineer living in the diminutive yet
great state of Rhode Island. Until March of 2020 he was quite
active. Now he stays home, makes masks, writes under the
pseudonym Quasimodo on Medium, finds useful things to do
when possible, and gets about chiefly by bicycle.

Julia E. Hubbel, when not out traveling the backwoods of the
world, may be found cleaning the blackberries out of her yard in
Oregon. Or writing. She's pretty good at writing, very good at
riding horses, and really, really good at making fun of aging.

Ann Litts is a 60-year-old mother and grandmother who loves
J.R.R. Tolkien, black coffee, good tequila, and losing at Candy
Land. A nurse for over 25 years, she looks forward to retirement
with much anticipation and joie-de-vivre. Nature is her church.
She doesn't write, she listens and then shares the message The
Universe dictates to whomever needs to hear it.

Nalini McNab is an internationally recognized author, blogger,
wisdom teacher and transformational seer. She is the author of
several books, including Walk A New Way and The Samurai
Scotties trilogy. She is not affiliated with any group, organization
or religion. Find her work at www.goddessportalsupport.com
and on Medium.com/@chaliceofwisdom.

Shea McNaughton is a city girl living in the country doing
country stuff and loving every bit of it. She says she needs two
lifetimes to do all she wants to do. Blogger, photographer, world
traveler, reader, dancer, and now biker chick.

Donna McNicol retired as an IT professional and started writing
fiction. Her preferred genre is small town mysteries with a dash
of romance, but she has also tackled children's stories, fantasy
and small-town romance. Her short stories have been included in
several anthologies. She lives in rural Tennessee with her
husband and two Goldendoodles. Please visit Donna at
https://campsite.bio/dbmcnicol to follow her.

Michelle Monet is a musician, author, poet, and seeker. She is
currently writing a showbiz memoir and Broadway style
Musical. Contact her at michelle@michellemonet.com
Diane Overcash is a fine art painter, fiddler, actor and arranger
of words. She is also a butter snob.

Nancy Peckenham is the editor of Crow’s Feet, which she started
after a career in journalism. She writes about life as we age, travel
adventures, history and matters of the human spirit.

Ren Powell is a Poet, Translator, and Teaching Artist, with a Ph.D.
in Creative Writing from Lancaster University. She is a traditionally
published writer who is currently focusing on mixed media and
handbound books. She keeps a  daily literary diary (Tanka Prose)
online at RenPowell.com. 


Lili Rodriguez is a native New Yorker who has lived on a farm in
Hawaii with two life partners and a bunch of critters (including
four very loud parrots) since 1999. Over 60 herself, Lili is a
cultural anthropologist, consumer researcher, entrepreneur and
wannabe writer. She is fascinated by life’s surprising complexity
and obsessed with understanding the “why” behind the “what.”

Anne Saddler lives in a lively Cornish port in the UK. After a
career writing primarily non-fiction, Anne has returned to her
first love, poetry and fiction writing. Her book North Of The
Heart, a selection of poetry and prose, is available from Amazon
books world-wide (paperback and Kindle).

Mary Dalton Selby, who is retired and living in the Midwest,
transitioned from a career in the digital world to playing on the
floor with her grandkids. Retirement has also given her the
opportunity to explore new interests, like writing.

Anna I. Smith writes about relationships and situations that make
her laugh, cry or both. When not writing she loves to bake, watch
movies and analyze the state of the world and everything in it.
She lives in Southern California with her husband, her pets, and
other wild and crazy animals.

Mark Starlin is a musician and writer who began his writing
adventure at the age of 57. He recently turned 60. His writing
spans a wide variety of topics and genres, including fiction,
humor, poetry, and essays. He has published one novel, a
collection of fiction, and a collection of humor.

The Write Yard used to be something else, but now can hold her
head up and say she is a writer. Retired doctor. Passionate about
empowering people. Editor of Illumination, a publication on Medium.com


Mark Tulin is a retired family therapist living in Ventura, CA. He
has authored 
Magical Yogis, Awkward Grace, The Asthmatic Kid and
​Other Stories, Junkyard Souls, 
and has appeared in many online
magazines, anthologies, and podcasts. He can be found at 

www.crowonthewire.com and mftulin.medium.com.

Warren Turner is a semi-retired progressive clergyperson who
writes personal essays about life at 80. Warren is a Minnesota
Twins fan and supporter of all LGBTQ+ issues. He/Him.

Roz Warren, Medium Sherpa and writing coach, writes for
everyone from the New York Times to the Funny Times. She is
the author of several books, including Our Bodies, Our Shelves:
A Collection Of Library Humor
(Humour Outcast Press, 2015).

Lisa Wathen lives in southeast Virginia with her family and cat
and teaches high school English and journalism. She has
published a children's book and short YA fiction and is currently
working on several MG and YA novels, including an anthology
of ghost stories. Her short adult fiction and nonfiction work is
available on Medium.

Ingrid L. Williams is an unrepentant writer specializing in
storytelling with purpose and impact. With over 20 years of
experience ranging from international journalism and brandbuilding
to marketing and storytelling, she has written or
contributed to a number of articles, books, scripts, commercials,
presentations, videos, speeches, mixed reality entertainment and
other formats.

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