Elayne Clift is an award winning writer, author, and journalist whose work has appeared in a variety of venues internationally. Formerly a contributing editor to 'On the Issues', a columnist for New Jersey Woman Magazine, and a regular contributor to such publications as 'New Directions for Women', 'Psychiatric Times', 'Earth Times', and the 'Journal of American Medical Writers', Ms. Clift currently contributes to such international and local media as 'Women's Feature Service', 'The Brattleboro Reformer', 'The Keene Sentinel', and 'The Christian Science Monitor'. Her work has appeared in such