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Marlene Anne Bumgarner
Biography
Marlene Anne Bumgarner was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. Following World War II she and her parents sailed to New York, then lived on a family-owned poultry farm in Zephyrhills, Florida and in a rural community in Victoria, Australia, before settling permanently in California.
Marlene put herself through college working as a technical writer, then felt the draw of the land. In 1973, she moved to a piece of rural property with her husband and daughter. Following a decade teaching elementary and preschool children, Marlene taught Child and Adolescent Development for 30 years at a community college. Her first book, "The Book of Whole Grains", grew out of a cultural history curriculum she developed for fourth grade. "Organic Cooking for (not-so-organic) Mothers" was inspired by letters written to her by readers of the “Naturally Speaking” newspaper column she wrote for the San Jose Mercury News. "Working with School Age Children' was written for the thousands of young people working in before- and after-school programs around the country, and is used as a textbook in many colleges and universities.
In 2001, Marlene was awarded the Educator of the Year award by the Chamber of Commerce of Morgan Hill, California. Since retiring from full time teaching, she volunteers in the Young Writers Program at local schools, and writes a monthly blog addressing topics of interest to parents and grandparents.
Find out more about Marlene’s family life, cooking, and gardening at https://marlenebumgarner.com.
Marlene put herself through college working as a technical writer, then felt the draw of the land. In 1973, she moved to a piece of rural property with her husband and daughter. Following a decade teaching elementary and preschool children, Marlene taught Child and Adolescent Development for 30 years at a community college. Her first book, "The Book of Whole Grains", grew out of a cultural history curriculum she developed for fourth grade. "Organic Cooking for (not-so-organic) Mothers" was inspired by letters written to her by readers of the “Naturally Speaking” newspaper column she wrote for the San Jose Mercury News. "Working with School Age Children' was written for the thousands of young people working in before- and after-school programs around the country, and is used as a textbook in many colleges and universities.
In 2001, Marlene was awarded the Educator of the Year award by the Chamber of Commerce of Morgan Hill, California. Since retiring from full time teaching, she volunteers in the Young Writers Program at local schools, and writes a monthly blog addressing topics of interest to parents and grandparents.
Find out more about Marlene’s family life, cooking, and gardening at https://marlenebumgarner.com.
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Books
Back to the Land in Silicon Valley
by Marlene Anne Bumgarner
Price:
$6.99 USD.
Words: 105,170.
Language:
English.
Published: July 1, 2020
by
Paper Angel Press.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction » History » North America » USA
(5.00 from 1 review)
Follow Marlene and her friends as they live on the land, coping with the challenges of rural life as Silicon Valley evolves into the high-tech center it is today, and the world in which they live transforms itself culturally, economically, and politically.