My background includes a broad range of business experience and personal interests all of which enhance my skills as a researcher, writer and editor. 

My Areas of Expertise Include:

Life 

• Food 
  • Fine Dining
  • Gourmet cooking
  • Regional cooking
  • Cookbook reviews
  • Lost culinary arts (preserving, canning, sausage making, 
• Gardening & Landscaping (Certified Master Gardener)
  • Multiple zone gardening
    • Mediterranean
    • Mountain
    • Desert
    • Pacific NW
  • Edible and decorative gardening
  • Classic garden styles 
    • French Country (potage)
    • English Country
    • Oriental
• Decorating & Home Improvement
  • Interior & exterior décor
  • Home Building & remodeling
  • Improvement & maintenance
• Travel 
• Computers (PC & Mac)
  • Web use (research, e-commerce)
  • E-mail legal issues
• Creativity
  • Jewelry design
  • Creative writing
  • Digital scrapbooking
  • Papercrafts (stamping, altered books, cardmaking) 

Business

• Small Business Development 
  • Accounting to Zoning
• Marketing 
  • Research & Analysis
  • Advertising & Media Planning
  • Company/Product Branding
  • E-commerce & Web Usability
• Sales
  • Training
  • Presentations
• Entrepreneurship

Industries

• Construction & Home Improvement
• Alternative/Green Building Products
  • Vinyl
  • Wood Composites
• Foodservice Equipment
• Restaurant
• Automotive Aftermarket
• Giftware & Home Décor
• Graphic Design

And more...