Phyllis Beckman says her life has been impacted by six generations of women: her grandmothers, her mother, her sisters, her daughters, her granddaughters and, as of February 2011, her great-granddaughter. "I have a lot to write about!" she declares. A devoted book hoarder and label reader (cereal boxes, small print on prescription printouts, expiration dates on salad dressings...anything is fair game), Phyllis knits dishclothes and very long scarves, and is active in a women's writing group. A resident of Onalaska, Wisconsin, she would like a poet to read Margaret Wise Brown's classic book, Good Night Moon, at her memorial service.