About Rudd Rambles Press

Always a writer, I  began writing children's picture books in 2003 after I met Joanna Cole, author of The Magic School Bus series. 

Joanna became my mentor as  

she encouraged me to join the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCWBI).

In 2014 I co-founded a local group of SCWBI Writers & Illustrators, Telling Tales which meets monthly. 

Lucy's Lopsided Web is my first Picture Book and is dedicated to my grandchildren, Avery and Eli.

The illustrations are by Virginia Garcia, an award-winning illustrator from Southern Spain, who is also a member of SCWBI.

My interest in haiku was expanded upon when I met Thomas Fitzsimmons, a Fulbright Scholar who spent a decade in Japan translating and writing haiku.

We shared haiku daily, discussing our mutual interest in Zen, Tibetan Buddhism, and his knowledge of the Shinto traditions in Japan.

Writing narrative poetry evolved out of writing prose in poem forms during a creative writing class at the Octagon House in Carolina, RI.

 From  2014 -2019, my poems were chosen by Wickford Art Association (WAA) for their annual ekphrastic

 Poetry & Art Exhibitions.

Books of these exhibitions are part of the permanent collection of contemporary poetry at the esteemed Poet House in NYC.

"Lowly Listening: Poems From The Farm Coast" is a collection of poems and haiku inspired by the area of Southeastern MA where I grew up.