Esther Bradley-DeTally is a writer of poetry and prose. Her books, Without A Net: A Sojourn in Russia, and You Carry the Heavy Stuff, are available online and through the author. You Carry the Heavy Stuff is at Lulu and Amazon and Without a Net is available through the author, with some editions on Amazon. She has a blog, and teaches writing in Pasadena. She is a Baha’i, a wordsmith with gusto, and a lover of pug dogs and her husband Bill, though not in that order.