Author: Paula M. Sheard

Ann lives with her two dogs, Eddie, a Parson’s Terrier, and Lizzie, a Standard Poodle. Her home overlooks a marsh that is fed by the Lynnhaven and Chesapeake Bays. She is a retired public school science teacher and middle school assistant principal. She has traveled to all but one continent (Asia) and all of the 50 states in the US. Her education is from Tusculum College, Greeneville, Tennessee; Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky; Th e College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia; and Peabody College at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. Th e love of her life is Parry (Parinya) Narkprasert, the young man from Bangkok, Thailand, whom she welcomed into her home while he completed his secondary education in Virginia Beach and undergraduate degree at the University of Virginia. Ann currently volunteers as an RV Host (cleaning fi re pits and greeting travelers) in several diff erent Virginia State Parks. When not volunteering at a Virginia State Park, she and her two dogs travel throughout the US with the WIT (Winnebago Club).