Lee Haas Norris is a transplant from Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon and is still not sure in which Portland she belongs. She is an English Country dancer, choral singer (Portland Christmas Revels), recorder player (Medieval and Renaissance music), avid reader, and mother and grandmother. She and her late husband served in U.S. Peace Corps late in life, went on to teach in the Czech Republic, and travel throughout Europe via home and work exchanges. She is about to leave for Bosnia to sing with the choral organization,Village Harmony. Her work has been published in Literary Bohemian, Pasager, The Gettysburg Review, Persimmon Tree, and several other publications.