Judith Barnes, Ph.D., is an educator and entrepreneur with a four-decade consultancy in communication. She is also the author of four books, her essays have aired on public radio, and she was a co-writer and executive producer for a short film on personal responsibility screened at many festivals and featured on a public television program. (www.thecruxmovie.com)

She was a founding officer of a company commercializing micro fuel cells as a future power source, and has been active on behalf of civic, education and arts organizations in her community. 

When not on a plane, she lives in Albany, NY with her cigar-loving cat.  

Barnes’ writing makes us feel that.  Her essays - part poetry, part prose, all powerful - capture the potential, the pleasure, the goodness of a moment, even in the face of pain or death.  Each short piece takes only a moment to read but shows how life can be fully lived.