
BethAnne Yoxsimer Paulsrud grew up in the desert valley of California where the temperature fluctuated between hot and hotter. She now lives with her family in the middle of Sweden, where to her constant amazement she experiences four full seasons a year and has learned to ski and ice skate. She is a mother extraordinaire of two peaceful boys and hopes they do not notice she is only feigning interest in Star Wars. BethAnne gets her daily language fix in her work as a translator and a college English teacher. She can be reached at expat.writer@yahoo.com.