David and I and Mr. Pumpkin In 2012, David and I went to Nova Scotia to visit Ship Harbour where my ancestor Michael Eisan lived his...

In 2012, my husband David and I went to South Carolina to see where Michael Greissen Frein and the Palatines ended up. They were sent...

As I mentioned in my blog last week, my ancestor Michael left his home in the Palatine in 1764 on his way to the New World. Along with...

The first thing we know for sure about Michael is that he joined an emigration scheme in 1763. A man with the improbable name of Count...

When Elisheva’s son Jochanan is beheaded, she is stricken with grief and consumed by anger against those who have killed him. She wants...

My latest novel is being launched into the world this Monday, July 24 at 7pm at First Metropolitan United Church. It’s the first-person...

At the end of her life, Elisheva tells her story. It’s about anger at injustice and grief at the death of loved ones. And it’s about so...

My latest novel, The Book of Elisheva, is available now at Amazon. It will soon be available in hard copy form from Lighthouse Christian...

World War I: The Last Post The monument known as the Brooding Soldier stands a few kilometres outside of Ypres, Belgium, marking the site...

The Great War a.k.a. World War I We visited a lot of war memorials, museums and cemeteries and I am proud to say the Canadian ones are...

It was a beautiful sunny day here in Dieppe. Not a good day to take pictures with a tablet because you are shooting blind. So I have few...

Saturday Champlain at HonfleurThe subtitle is a pun of David’s, of course, which requires that you shorten Samuel and know the French for...

Juno Beach Centre on VE-Day At first we just thought the French were just trying to annoy us by making today a statutory holiday....

Jacques Cartier at St. Malo With the exception of the Vikings, (more on that subject in a later post), Jacques Cartier captained the...

In 2006, I finally listened to that inner voice telling me to do what I’d always wanted to do– write novels. Then there was the question...

Review an E-book There are so many millions of books out there. How does anyone find one? Browsing, of course, but then when you find one...

I have a lot of friends who are writers too, and for you I’d just like to say that you should publish your book on Smashwords. It’s...

Yes, it’s me again. Yes, I am going to post a blog every day this week because if you’re like me you meant to purchase a book but you...

How to download a Smashwords book to a Kindle reader Don’t be held captive by Amazon. Sure it’s more convenient to buy e-books direct...

My new book The Loyalist is 50% off this week as part of the promotion “Read an E-book Week” on Smashwords. Smashwords is an e-book...