Elaine Jordan, a retired minister and high school teacher, lives in Arizona writing essays to sort out the chaos. Her awards include the Nonfiction Prize from the Preservation Foundation and the Florida State Writing Competition. Her essays have appeared in South Loop Review, Passages, New Works Review, The Georgetown Review, other journals and anthologies, and one has been nominated for a Pushcart by Arizona Authors. An excerpt from her unpublished memoir, Mrs. Ogg Played the Harp, won awards from the San Francisco branch of American PEN Women, Bayou Magazine, and the California Writers Club. Visit her at www.elainejordan.com.