Writing has been a passion my entire life. Poetry, short stories, editorials, feature stories and news events of various descriptions are included in my portfolio.

I have authored a self-help book, autobiographical in nature, and have written guided imagery meditations.

At 57, I enrolled in the two-year Journalism-Print program at Niagara College, Welland, Ont.

Prince Charles and Camilla's visit to Hamilton, on their visit to the HMCS Haida, Hamilton, November 2009, was a pleasure and an eye-opener to cover as a newly credentialed photojournalist.

The Canadian Aboriginal Festival, featuring the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards was also a significant, four-day coverage event that marked a highlight for me as a photojournalist.

The moment I felt the most pride and also the most humility to be a photojournalist was in the January 2010 repatriation ceremony of journalist, Michelle Lang, of The Calgary Herald, when she was brought home to Trenton, Ont. from Afghanistan.