I am a publisher and author. This website provides a portal to sample my many articles, including photo essays, I have published in the last 30 years.
Author/book website:
- My 2018 memoir, You Don’t Know How Lucky You Are: An Adoptee’s Journey through the American Adoption Experience, critically examines the history of the U.S. adoption system with my life story navigating the complex world of being an adoptee denied basic legal and human rights because of my legal birth status.
- Visit my book website for more essays on adoption, legal issues surrounding the denial rights to U.S. adoptees, and resources for journalists, policymakers, and those impacted by this system.
Longer form articles and essays:
- My page dedicated to my stories and articles highlights topics ranging from forgotten holocaust heroes, Finland and my family connections to that Nordic nation, adoption history, and many other subjects I have examined in my published work.
Celebrating all things Finnish—Kaikkea suomalaista juhlitaan
- I have compiled my ever-growing list of stories and photo essays I have published since spring 2023 on Finland, a country where I can trace some of my family ancestry and that I have visited twice, in 2023 and 2024.
- Read my 9,000-word essay, Blood is thicker than water: Meeting my kin in Finland (published Nov. 5, 2023), on how I found my Finnish family and kin in 2023, despite having had these connections erased by discriminatory adoption laws in Michigan that deny basic legal rights to tens of thousands of U.S. adoptees.
Travel writing and photo essays:
- My page, “A Traveler’s Tales,” covers my writings and photography, examining the history, culture, and joy of destinations I have been fortunate to visit in my own country and around the world since the early 2000s.
(Last updated May 19, 2024)