Colleen Smith is the founder of Friday Jones Publishing and author of Glass Halo. Smith studied writing at the University of Iowa Writer’s Workshop and makes her living as a freelance writer, editor and creative director. Specializing in arts and entertainment, nature and theology, she has won numerous writing awards and is a fellow of the Salzburg Seminar, an international community of intellectuals. Smith contributes regularly to national and regional publications and serves as Denver Flower and Garden Examiner. She blogs, has completed two literary novels, and is at work on four works of nonfiction. For the last 12 years, Smith has done pro bono work for Colorado Vincentian Volunteers, serving people who are poor in Denver’s inner city. Smith lives in a Denver historic district where she is restoring a 1921 Craftsman bungalow. When not reading or writing, Smith is a traveler, a skier, a gardener, a foodie, and in her 18th year as a yoga practitioner in the Iyengar, Bikram and Baron Baptiste Power traditions.    Interview with... Elizabeth Gilbert David Whyte Baron Baptiste Jamaica Kincaid Judy Collins Father John Dear Temple Grandin Nuala O’Faolain Books & Authors Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth Antique books Writer's workshops The Garden Examiner.com Garden with color Potager gardens Bats in the garden Impatiens Top-dressing Garden color palette Primroses Citrus Green roofs Fairy gardens Buck roses Zinnias Beekeeping Yoga Yoga for seniors Yoga for youths Prenatal yoga Music Bruce Hornsby Keb’ Mo’ Moira Smiley & VOCO Karla Bonoff 70s rock quiz Jackson Browne Outdoor music festivals Pipe organs Bruce Springsteen quiz Misc. Ice skating in Colorado    ONLINE Reverb (Denver Post Music Blog) Examiner.com e3mil.com frontrangeliving.com MAGAZINES Sunset Magazine Wild Blue Yonder Coastal Living Denver Woman Empire --The Denver Post Sunday Magazine Colorado Outdoors Colorado Expression Salon d’Arts Mangia! 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