Watercharms: Ocean-Reiki Meditations for Clearing, Clarity, and Healing Who doesn't want to feel stronger, better, more clear-minded and hearted? Watercharms combines the best of Reiki--a natural Life Force Energy within all of us--with meditation, storytelling, and visualization to help its readers discover clarity and healing. I hope you'll join me on this journey!  The Lost Hart of Cape May: A Veruca Silver Mystery (with J. Schiefer) Meet daring twelve-year-old Veruca Silver as she and her dad house-sit a beautiful old Victorian mansion, unaware of the many secrets the house holds! Follow Veruca and her friend, Dylan, as they wind their way through a mystery that takes them into the very heights of Cape May's historic lighthouse as they uncover mysticism, magic, and murder! Ka·tas·tro·phe: the final event of a dramatic action in Kat Morgan’s life Kat doesn't need to be a genius to figure out things aren't so great with her parents. She's pretty sure normal parents don't yell that much. And Joey...lab partner, locker neighbor, boyfriend? It's hard to tell when he spends free period kissing every girl in sight. Sometimes a girl's gotta take matters into her own hands, literally, even when it hurts. And for the scholars... Thinking Class: Reflections on Adjunct Life  The millenium has seen an increase in the trend of colleges and universities to employ contract workers, or 'adjuncts' to teach undergraduate courses. This occurs often without fair pay, health benefits, or even simple resources, such as office space or use of a phone. What does this mean for the climate in higher education? The essays in this anthology consider and respond to this trend, opening a conversation with the academics who find themselves on the borders of the ivory tower.