A memoir written by my 2 brothers and myself about our lives as children living in the Philippines prior to World War II
followed by our experiences as prisoners of war under the Japanese for three years

My life as a registered nurse in California, Cincinnati, Ohio, Iowa City, Iowa and Edmonton, Alberta, Canada begin with my struggles with trying to decide what to do with my life as a teenager. I studied undergraduate nursing at Mount St. Mary's College in Santa Monica, California, graduate nursing in psychiatric nursing at Catholic University in Washington, DC and received my PhD in cultural Anthropology from Boston University.
My anthropology research fields were in rural Kentucky, the Northern Paiute of Nevada, and Nigeria.
My nursing research focused on diet and dieting.
I founded the Western Journal of Nursing Research and served as editor for almost 30 years. As a nursing editor and presenter of my research, I traveled to places in the world I never thought to see.
For me, nursing provided a fascinating and varied life.

a detailed exploration on the relationship of patients with the Health Care Delivery System from a victimology perspective. Draw parallels to identified classification of victims of crimes and patient classification based on specific characteristics and how they are perceived by health professionals and health care organizations. Explores how patient as victim classification influences how patients are perceived and treated by health professionals. Do patients victim status result in disparity and inequity? Are some patients like victims of some crimes blamed for their illness. These questions and others are explored in this publication.

Most of my life has been lived with German Shepherd Dogs, beginning with Guapa the puppy my father bought my mother as a wedding present and Gerry the last dog we owned before our imprisonment in a Japanese Internment Camp during World War II.
My mother was an 8th grade teacher. One of her parents gave her a GSD we named Shon.
When I studied at Boston University I acquired a puppy named Bitte who accompanied me to my field work with the Northern Paiute on the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation in Nevada.
Then there was Zehren my first show dog and my first brood bitch. She introduced me to the competitive world of conformation and obedience trials.
When I moved to Canada I became a serious breeder and competitor.
When I left Canada to retire in Arizona I took five of my dogs with me. It was only when Lanz, the last of my dogs, died, that I moved into a seniors facility.
I miss living with dogs.