The Books are Here!
There are twelve boxes of books on the floor in my spare room, so I can’t have any overnight guests until they’re sold. Please help me by...
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- Mar 12, 2012
Book Launch Imminent
My novel A Garden in the Wilderness is currently being printed in Ottawa and will soon be on its way to Victoria. If you want a copy hot...
- Feb 3, 2012
News Flash!
My novel has undergone a name change. What was once called Back to the Garden is now A GARDEN IN THE WILDERNESS. I do not like this...
- Dec 9, 2011
New Year, New Life
I just got the news that my book Back to the Garden will be out by the end of January or early February next year. I can’t wait to hold...
- Oct 17, 2011
The Concept of Eden
Because the main character in my novels is a gardener, the theme of “the garden of Eden” is a natural fit. I use it in all my titles,...
- Aug 30, 2011
Exciting News!
Borealis Press is going to publish my book Back to the Garden! I am so excited I have been sitting on this news waiting until I actually...
- Apr 19, 2011
Schooldays
The other day, I got together with my grade two, grade three and grade four teachers, their husbands and mine. My grade four teacher...
- Feb 8, 2011
Hijacked on the high seas!
In 1795, my Dean ancestors decided to emigrate from Northern Ireland to New York. Not surprisingly, it was the political situation that...
- Feb 3, 2011
Good News!
It has been a long time since I blogged! I have been busy finishing my final novel in The Pleasure Gardener’s Companion series. It is...
- Jul 22, 2010
The Importance of Memoir
What treasures do you keep hidden in your memory that future generations would love to uncover? In my blog, I have already told how I...
- Jul 12, 2010
Dean trip continued
I wanted to find the place where the original Dean house has stood. On the Internet, I had read this description: “For many years a...
- Jul 4, 2010
Trip to Dean, Nova Scotia
Dean is a tiny community at the headwaters of the Musquodoboit River about 60 miles northeast of Halifax. We drove to Musquodoboit...
- Jun 17, 2010
Dean, Nova Scotia
I am off for a couple of weeks to check out Dean, Nova Scotia, which was founded by my ancestor John Dean, about whom I am writing. Hope...
- Mar 9, 2010
Susan Kirke Dean: Revolutionary
Yesterday was International Women’s Day. It reminded me how far we’ve come as women in the west even since I was a girl. But we should...
- Mar 5, 2010
The Pleasure Gardener’s Companion
I was doing some genealogical research, you know, dry dates of marriages and deaths, when I came across a juicy story. I have been...
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