BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Dodie Ulery, a native of Daytona Beach, is an award winning artist, specializing in fiber arts, including weaving and pine needle basketry as well as paper mosaics and Chinese Calligraphy. Her work is seen and sold in art galleries and shops in Daytona Beach, New Smyrna, Maitland, Ocoee, St. Petersburg, Sarasota, St. Augustine, Tampa, Gainesville, Deland and Jacksonville.
She shares her life with her husband, family and pets on five acres, certified as a wildlife habitat by both the National Wildlife Federation and the Institute for Urban Wildlife and a Monarch Butterfly Waystation by the University of Kansas. She is a former Master Gardener and facilitates workshops in all types of wildlife related gardening, including Butterfly Gardening, Growing Lotus in Tubs, Hummingbird Gardening, Gardening with Native Plants, Container Gardening, Victorian Herb Gardening and Habitat Creation and Maintenance, as well as workshops for Photographing Children and Pets, Photographing Flowers and Gardens, Marketing Your Images and Creating Pine Needle Baskets.
She’s an award winning photojournalist. A graduate of the New York Institute of Photography, her photographic images have appeared in NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, FLORIDA GARDENING, WOMEN IN AMERICAN RELIGION , ART & SCIENCES MAGAZINE, DAYTONA SUN TIMES, NAEYC WEBSITES, NATIONAL LEAGUE OF AMERICAN PEN WOMEN MAGAZINE, AHS CALENDARS 2000 and 2001, AUDUBON SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS and websites, NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION magazines and websites, GHOST TOWNS YESTERDAY AND TODAY, GULFSHORE LIFE MAGAZINE, CHILDHOOD 1892-2002, RELIGION IN AMERICA SERIES, by Oxford University, BIOLOGY-UNDERSTANDING LIFE , PAN GAIA MAGAZINE, FLORIDA GARDENER MAGAZINE, as well as cover images for DEFINING MIRACLES, GRIT MAGAZINE, BIRD TIMES, October 1998, ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN’S EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL, Winter 2000 and FLORIDA GARDENING MAGAZINE, Spring 2001. She received the SILVER ADDY AWARD for a magazine cover image for SUN TIMES MAGAZINE, October, 2002. Member of the Garden Writers Association of America.
Her freelance articles have appeared in publications such as JUMP MAGAZINE, FATE MAGAZINE, FLORIDA GARDENING, NEW RADIANCE METAPHYSICAL AND HOLISTIC DIRECTORY, GOLDEN LIFESTYLES, CIRCLE NETWORK NEWS, JAIDED LADY MAGAZINE, GREEN EGG MAGAZINE, ISLAND VOICE, DAYTONA SUN TIMES, FLORIDA GARDENER, CIRCLE MAGAZINE, TRANSFORMATION MAGAZINE and TOUCHSTONE PRESS. She is a 1997 graduate of the Institute of Children’s Literature. Several pieces of her fiction have appeared in local publications. From 1980 to 1987 she published the first metaphysical newsletter in Central Florida. She studied Tarot with a European mystery school for seven years. Because of her work, she has been the featured guest on twelve radio talks shows aired across the United States, Canada and South Africa.
Since her ordination in 1983 she has worked to mainstream metaphysical thought. She teaches classes and facilitates workshops on Personal, Spiritual and Psychic Development, Meditation, Prosperity, Creating Magickal Spaces, Feng Shui, Tarot , Palmistry, Numerology, Journaling, Metaphysical Healing, Angelic Communication, Dreams, Mechanics of Reincarnation, Wish Fulfillment, Chakras and Bodies, Healing with Crystals, Making Flower Essences and Wicca. She is available by appointment for private counseling.
She is a certified Ethical Hypnotist. She facilitates past life workshops which include both group and individual past life regressions.
On August 7, 2007, her first book , DEFINING MIRACLES, was released by Jasmine-Jade Enterprises. Her second book, PALMISTRY TO GO, was released in January, 2008. Both books are available from her websites, www.dodieulery.com, amazon.com and barnes and noble.com
She may be reached by writing or calling: Dodie Ulery, 158 Cone Road, Ormond Beach, Florida, 32174 or calling 386-672-9950, fax 386-615-8151 or by email at dodieulery@hotmail.com or through her website - http://www.lightboxx.net .