After 18 years in print journalism, Donna Freedman moved online and has written for dozens of lifestyle and personal finance sites. Her favorite topics are gardening, frugality, cooking and midlife reinvention. Donna’s writing has won regional and national awards.

She lives in Anchorage, Alaska, where she and her partner love facing cold-weather gardening challenges. Donna is a member of American Mensa but people are much more impressed by the fact that she was once a contestant on “Jeopardy!”