I’m pleased to be a contributing writer for The Awesome Mitten! My family and I make our home in Rochester, but my heart is on the “Sunrise Side” of Michigan, in the upper Northeast community of Harrisville along the sugar sand beaches of Lake Huron. My husband John and I put our camping gear in mothballs after we purchased our little cabin perched on a bluff overlooking Huron’s majestic inland sea. There’s nothing better then spending time up north with our two sons, our friends and neighbors, and of course our adopted shelter dog Ethel. When I’m not writing posts about Pretty Awesome Pasties, I provide marketing consulting and marketing communications services to technology and professional service firms. I am a graduate of Michigan State University, where I obtained my BA in Communications; and hold an MBA in Marketing from Oakland University. I’m also an aspiring banjo player.