What’s next? Barbara the writer spent 1976-2012 travelling and writing. She also wrote stories about travel adventures with her second husband, peace activitist and solar-cooking advocate Don Coan.
A collection of her travel stories is being edited and designed for book publication now.
Look for “On One Foot in China and Other Travel Adventures” to be published in 2026 on Barnes & Noble Press.
Photo: Barbara was in India in 1997 for a solar cooking conference. The story she wrote is titled “But You Must Have a Sari.”
She Was A Poet, Too
Barbara wrote poetry all her life. A book of poems she wrote for her grandchildren and about significant events or memories was privately shared with family in 2024. Some of her poems were published in anthologies and in the newsletter of the Sacramento Suburban Writer’s Club.