Awards and Recognitions
Hawaii Publishers Association – Best Children’s Book: Wordsworth the Poet
Northern California Publishers & Authors – Best Illustrated Children’s Book; Mom’s Choice Award: Wordsworth Dances the Waltz
Northern California Publishers & Authors: Best Illustrated Children’s Book: Wordsworth! Stop the Bulldozer!
Northern California Publishers & Authors – Best Non-Fiction: Kapoho: Memoir of a Modern Pompeii
Hawaii Pacific Gerontological Society: Communications/Arts Category Award for work with the elderly
Hawaii Japanese Women’s Society: Recognized in Living Legacy: Outstanding Women of the 20th Century in Hawaii
California Writers’ Club – Award-winning short stories:
“Haole Style, One Time ‘nuff”
“You’re Going to Hell”
Northern CA Publishers/Authors: Best illustrated Children’s book: Wordsworth! It’s in Your Pocket.
Northern CA Publishers/Authors: Best book of Poetry: Dangerous Woman: Poetry for the Ageless
But, Frances, does the housekeeper get to retire, too?
My housekeeper won’t even allow her daughter to clean their house…she truly enjoys house cleaning. BUT,, if I’m governor, all housekeepers will have an option to retire with a housekeeper at their beck and call.