Beth Spencer, artist, author, and aspiring woman of wisdom, holds a BFA in dance from The Ohio State University.  She taught, choreographed, and performed dance for 25 years, retiring in 1992 when a knee injury derailed her career. It didn't take Beth long to find a new creative outlet—visual art. Currently, Beth teaches drawing and painting in her home studio. Her works have been shown in local, state, and national exhibits and are displayed in many corporate and private collections. In 2008 she launched “bethsblog” (bethsblog.typepad.com)— then in 2011, Beth wrote and published Pea Soup: Recipes for Body, Mind, and Spirit from a “Kitchen Table Gourmet”, and Turtle Soup, Recipes for the Specific Carbohydrate Diet ^TM from and SCD Mom, melding her love for writing with her love for fine food.