An artist who creates puppets invests commonplace living with a surreal intensity that isolates her from everyone - until she encounters an odd octogenarian. Published in 13th Moon, 1993. Louisa's short stories have appeared in Calyx, The Bellingham Review, and other literary journals, one having won the Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction. Having taught writing at several colleges and universities, she now runs her own business as a writing coach. She also pursues continuing wilderness adventures as a mountain climber and thru-hiker.She is the author of the addiction memoir, "A Spiritual Evolution: How 14 after-effects of an NDE helped cure my addictions and changed my life" as well as The Purpose of Gravity and Other Fabulous Stories.
