Your writing is an inspiration and you are an inspiration. –Writing Conference attendee

• May 15: Keynote speaker for “Honoring Our Journeys,” 25th Annual San Luis Valley Women’s Conference, Adams State University Student Union Building, Alamosa, Colorado. A day of inspiring women, including a celebration by writer and wise woman Patricia Eagle, and a performance by cowboy poet Peggy Godfrey! For info, call Charlotte LeDonne, 719-589-4087 or Lois Booth, 719-274-5401

• June 13: “Designed by Nature: Wildscapes and Habitat Heroes” at Plant Select Day, Denver Botanic Gardens. A day celebrating the plants adapted to the Rocky Mountain region, and those who breed, sell, and landscape with them. And the launch of a new program to encourage landscaping for wildlife right at home. Plants and habitat restoration–just my sort of day!