Hope is more than just her given name. It’s a way she proactively lives her life each day. Whether she’s staring out her window each morning, searching the feeders for a new bird; exploring meaning and purpose through poetry, essay, story; creating textiles rich in color and texture on her loom or in her hands. Hope is an observer of life and people, a creator and joy-seeker, measuring success in acts of love and justice. She’s been writing for over 50 years as one means to those ends.