I’m a Baby Boomer ... still curious ... still learning, sharing and teaching what I know.

After helping others for thirty years as a condo lawyer resolving problems and writing two books and over 40 helpful publications, maintaining two blogs, and providing   legal services to homeowner associations and the people that live in them, I retired to a life of writing, art and road tripping. 

After a life of raising two children, who became productive and kind humans, and who gifted me five grandchildren, one of whom gifted me three great grandchildren, I have retired to a life of pure pride in the matriarchal sense and pure joy in every minute of family time. Plus I enjoy a tribe of amazing friends.

My child raising/legal career years were hectic. Now the pace is slower. I am still writing,  generating art and sharing daily thoughts on social media. You ca find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Substack. 

I'm a  self-taught artist and teacher with multi-workshop training in many mediums: photography, watercolor, acrylic, mixed media, Photoshop, iPhone iPad art, and creative and non-fiction writing. 

During the Pandemic, everything changed, and like for most, it meant more time on my hands. Time well used. 

2020 was a good year to finish up projects! One thing I finished was a Memoire about my prickly relationship with my father, published by Outskirts Press, called THE GREAT GRANDPA CHRONICLES. And a prose anthology was produced in Benicia this year called THE CARQUINEZ REVIEW, containing stories from local writers including a story from my Memoire. I was doubly honored by being asked to provide the cover image. These are two milestones of 2020 for me.

2020 was a good year to teach online! The pandemic isolated many people, and led to a desire to work and learn from home. Seekers of classes and art schools looked for alternatives to on-site learning, and zoom boomed! I scrambled to create classes and opportunities to share my art through this methodology, and came to love it. It affords students to see up close exactly what I am doing in a demo, and to work along step by step, and to see the images shown in high def. I allowed me to teach more widely for art centers, and serve a wider art community.

My philosophy is to keep things simple and have fun! I continue to write and create art, and share thoughts, stories and art projects on Facebook and other social media including Instagram and Substack.  It's the best tool in the world for staying relevant and connected.

I was born and raised in Iowa, married there, and started a family. As I closed in on 30, it was time for my husband and I to head down different paths. I moved to California with my two kids to be closer to my brother's family. There, I spent 40 years taking advantage of every opportunity offered in a vibrant and high octane state to gain experience, education, and identity; to raise a family, and share what I learned with others. To create and cultivate a beautiful life, great friendships, and worthy art.

While I enjoyed a full life with many friends in Benicia, California, for  40 years, I relocated in Hillsborough, NC November of 2025 to be closer to my two children, five grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. And it's been glorious.

From my road trip collection. 

Canada, Lake Louise

2019

iPhone Teacher

Now a Great Grandma! To Amillia Beth Burgess Grimm