D. Wallace is a lifelong resident of New England who loves the mountains as well as the coastline. She and her children had cats in their western Massachusetts home, whose real names were Snoozer, Robby, and Obby-Dobby. The cats could go with them to the library. They even went camping and hiking during the summer; they were leash trained. Now she, with her soul mate Dave, who has two dogs, Onyx and Chloe, have encouraged and inspired writing stories for the curious. "I started telling stories for my two girls now grown with families of their own. During my many years in retail environment, I