New Book on the Way!
My new novel is called Crossing Bridges. It takes place in Victoria, British Columbia during the years of European settlement, 1853 to...
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- Mar 12, 2019
A Review of The Loyalist
The Loyalist by Edeana Malcolm Reviewed by Alex Greer The Loyalists, or the United Empire Loyalists, to use the full term, have long held...
- Mar 2, 2019
Availability of The Loyalist
If you live in Victoria, BC, you are able to purchase my latest novel at several local bookstores. These are Ivy’s in Oak Bay, Coles at...
- Oct 29, 2018
The Hundred Mile Reading Diet
November is Craft Fair month when you can buy your Christmas gifts, and Victoria Writers’ Society is renting a table at a different fair...
- Sep 2, 2018
Final Resting Place: Ship Harbour, Nova Scotia
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...
- Aug 23, 2018
The American Revolution in South Carolina
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...
- Aug 15, 2018
A Case of Crowd-Funding, 1764
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...
- Aug 9, 2018
#TheLoyalist
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...
- Jul 26, 2017
#booklaunchedmonton
When Elisheva’s son Jochanan is beheaded, she is stricken with grief and consumed by anger against those who have killed him. She wants...
- Jul 19, 2017
#book launch
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...
- Jun 19, 2017
#am blogging
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...
- May 29, 2017
The Book of Elisheva
My latest novel, The Book of Elisheva, is available now at Amazon. It will soon be available in hard copy form from Lighthouse Christian...
- May 16, 2017
Exploring Canadian Roots (6)
World War I: The Last Post The monument known as the Brooding Soldier stands a few kilometres outside of Ypres, Belgium, marking the site...
- May 13, 2017
Exploring Canadian Roots (5)
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...
- May 10, 2017
Exploring Canadian Roots (4)
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...
- May 9, 2017
Exploring Canadian Roots(3)
Saturday Champlain at HonfleurThe subtitle is a pun of David’s, of course, which requires that you shorten Samuel and know the French for...
- May 8, 2017
Exploring Canadian Roots (2)
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....
- May 5, 2017
Exploring Canadian Roots
Jacques Cartier at St. Malo With the exception of the Vikings, (more on that subject in a later post), Jacques Cartier captained the...
- Apr 23, 2017
My Guest Blog on The Story Ape
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...
- Mar 11, 2017
Read an E-book Week (last day)
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...
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