Alice Salerno has lived most of her life in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has been wife, mother, substitute teacher, interior decorating consultant, retail advertising manager, a...view moreAlice Salerno has lived most of her life in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has been wife, mother, substitute teacher, interior decorating consultant, retail advertising manager, advertising director for three states for two international retail corporations and owner/director of her own agency. Through all this, she says, writing, storytelling and poetry have flowed like a quiet river beside her busy life.view less