Martini Alley

"Martini Alley and Other Swashbuckling Adventures of a Certified Klutz" is a never-ending and double-minded story of two soulmates and the perils they encounter in their search for paradise. Delve into the real-life escapades of the Klutzes, who are not just clumsy people that trip and fall and drop things, but the real certified by birth and marriage Klutzes.

"Martini Alley and Other Swashbuckling Adventures of a Certified Klutz" is a never-ending and double-minded story of two soulmates and the perils they encounter in their search for paradise. In the spirit of Erma Bombeck, Diane describes the real-life escapades of the Klutzes, who are not just clumsy people who trip, fall, and drop things but real live certified-by-birth-and-marriage Klutzes. From being nabbed by the military police for skinny-dipping in an Officers Club Pool to wrecking a forty-two-foot trawler on a sandbar in four feet of water, and so much more, Diane weaves the Klutzes' capers into tales that are cautionary while at the same time rolling-on-the-floor laughable. Even as best laid plans go awry, the intrepid Klutzes face each new challenge like the swashbucklers of old—with the wind behind them and with a glass at least half full of spirits.

Diane Klutz is a proud Vietnam Veteran, nurse, wife, mother, grandmother, and author. Keeping to her credence that life is an ongoing adventure, she worked and studied her way through undergraduate and graduate school, post-graduate nurse practitioner certification, and finally earned her Ph.D. in Nursing at the young age of 59. Over the span of forty-eight years in the nursing profession, Diane practiced in various hospital settings, in clinic settings as a Family Nurse Practitioner, and teaching undergraduate and graduate nursing courses in Texas, specifically: Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas Woman's University in Denton, and Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi. Diane's affinity for writing stems from a lifetime of reading and is based on her beliefs that each person has a story just waiting to be told and that real life is frequently stranger than fiction. Diane resides in Sun City, Texas which is just north of Austin, with her husband of fifty years, her two Cocker Spaniels, and one cat. When she is not writing, she enjoys reading, gardening, and playing shuffleboard with her friends at Wriggley's Pub.