A Poem By Alice Jane-Marie Massa: "Welcoming Springtime in Indiana"

After earning master’s degrees from Indiana State University and Western Michigan University,  Alice Jane-Marie Massa--still a Hoosier at heart--taught  for 25 years, including 14 years of teaching writing and public speaking at Milwaukee Area Technical College.  Alice invites you to visit her blog:  http://alice13wordwalk.wordpress.com, where she weekly posts her poetry, essays, memoirs, or short stories.  Her writings on Wordwalk frequently focus on her Indiana home of Blanford, her guide dogs, her Italian ancestors, and writing.  Away from her desk, Alice most enjoys long walks with her third Leader Dog (Zoe), reading, container gardening, and the television program Jeopardy.

A Poem By Alice Jane-Marie Massa: "Immigrant from Indiana"

After earning master’s degrees from Indiana State University and Western Michigan University and teaching for 25 years, Alice Jane-Marie Massa retired from teaching writing and public speaking at a Wisconsin technical college.  Alice invites you to visit her blog:  http://alice13wordwalk.wordpress.com, where she posts her poetry, essays, short stories, recipes, or memoirs each Wednesday.  Her writings on Wordwalk frequently focus on her guide dogs, her Hoosier hometown of Blanford (25 miles northwest of Terre Haute), her Italian family heritage, and holidays.  Recently, her writings have also appeared in Magnets and Ladders, Newsreel (audio magazine), Dialogue, and The ACB Braille Forum.  Being the current president of Behind Our Eyes (an international group of writers with disabilities) also fills hours of her retirement.  Away from her desk, Alice most enjoys long walks with her third Leader Dog (Zoe), container gardening, and the television program Jeopardy.