Gloria Marshall has lived in Arizona for the past thirty years; where her humor articles have appeared in local publications. She is the author of How to be a Faerie Grandmother, a humorous guide for grand parenting; and Mimosa: A French Country Mystery.  Her most recent book Butterfly Mornings and Wildflower Afternoons is a humorous tale of her experiences in rural living on Orcas Island off the coast of Washington State.  She has also published articles in the Christian Science Monitor and written scripts for As the World Turns.

Books

Forget Me Not

In March of 2001, my husband of 55 years died after suffering from Alzheimer's for ten agonizing years.  Never in my fantasy of " living happily ever after" did I picture myself strolling down the grocery aisle debating whether my spouse would prefer Depends or Mickey Mouse on the crotch or just plain Pull-Ups.  It's as if step-by-step the Alzheimer's patient is tiptoeing back to the childhood.

Butterfly Mornings and Wildflower Afternoons

"They claim writers suffer from homesickness-that they're on a constant search for the place they belong.  I never expected to find mine on an island, nor that Nature would involve me in her plots"