I’m giving away 5 free copies of The Serpentine Garden Path at Goodreads on October 1st. Check it out at Goodreads. All you have to do is...

I wanted to say thank you to all the people who showed up at my launch at First Metropolitan United on Friday. It was great to have so...

Just a reminder that I will be launching two books this Friday, December 6th at 1:00 at First Metropolitan United Church on the corner of...

It’s great to be back in Victoria after spending a few weeks in Edmonton where I launched by books. If you came out to one of the two...

My visits to Edmonton are more about descendants than ancestors: my three children and now three grandchildren live here. So my time is...

I’m excited to announce that you can now buy a hard copy of my book The Serpentine Garden Path from Amazon.com This is a prequel to A...

Finally, I’ve e-published the second book in the Gardener series, The Gardener’s Wife. You can get a preview of it for free at...

As you know, my novel A Garden in the Wilderness was published by Borealis Press recently. It did not always have that title. I...

George Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen, was an eccentric. He had three mistresses that he set up in three great houses all over Britain– the...

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...

Traditionally, in Scotland Christmas was a purely religious festival and New Years or Hogmanay was the main holiday. John Knox, founder...

When I was doing family tree research, I found this in the Old Parochial Records of Scotland. Susan Kirk Dean born 11/11/1787, ...

In the Old Parochial Records of Scotland, I found the following: Susan Kirk Dean born 11/11/1787,  christened 18/11/1787, father John...

My novel Exiled from Eden begins during the riots in London in 1780. Legislation had been passed for the civil relief of Catholics in...

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...

I was doing some genealogical research, you know, dry dates of marriages and deaths, when I came across a juicy story. I have been...