About
Greetings! I'm a retired elementary educator, who has always enjoyed reading good books and dabbling in the writing world. After retirement, more time on my hands has led to an adventurous life style and the development of my interest and skill in writing. My first project was a memoir about a service trip down the Mississippi River with my husband in the tandem wooden kayak we built. Paddle for a Purpose, published by eLectio Publishing in 2018, received the 2019 First Place Pencraft Award for Literary Excellence in the category of memoir. The companion website (www.paddleforapurpose.net) has an interactive map and five photo galleries that readers and others can access by its url and by a QR code printed in the book itself.
Working with other writers at AllWriters' Workspace and Workshop in Waukesha, WI, I began to try my hand at poetry, as well. My collection of poems about the Mississippi River won First Place in the National Poetry Writing Month chapbook contest by Local Gems Press in 2021. It is currently being marketed to publishers.
My latest adventure was a bicycle trip with my husband, from Key West, Florida to Calais, Maine during the summer of 2022. The trip was over three thousand miles, following the East Coast Greenway trail. I'm currently working on a manuscript for a children's book about this trip. You can find out about me and my work at my author website, www.barbgeiger.com.
Featured Work
Paddle for a Purpose
You want to what?” Barb asks, in response to her husband’s whimsical idea to paddle the entire Mississippi River in their recently completed tandem wooden kayak. Paddle for a Purpose sweeps the reader into a journey of faith and personal discovery down one of the most scenic and powerful river systems in America, as Barb and Gene paddle from the Mississippi Headwaters to the Gulf of Mexico, stopping to work with charity organizations in quaint river towns along the way. Set to a backdrop of picturesque settings and the river’s changing moods, exciting and often humorous accounts of adventure and mishap intermingle with inspiring stories of healing, renewal, beauty, compassion and trust in God.
