Ninety Six was the name of a trading post and then a town, fort and Revolutionary battle site in the back country of South Carolina....

The Battle of King’s Mountain was a pivotal battle of the American Revolution. All of those who fought were American militiamen with the...

“At the end of the workday, Michael paused before his cabin and examined his workmanship: the hand-planed logs with mortared chinks. It...

Once the ox was going smoothly and Michael had a good strong hand on the plough, he thought about how things had changed in the decade...

If you’re e-publishing with an American company (Smashwords, Amazon, or whatever) and you don’t live in the US, then you need to know...

Sometimes I go in to a book store, start looking at books and am overwhelmed! Not only do I not know which one to read, I start to wonder...

That’s the working title of my new novel, which used to be called Loyal Unto Death. I am running into all kinds of headaches writing the...

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt....

I’ve been making the wrong choices ever since I was a child. I distinctly remember at the age of about six, when given the choice of...

That title of this blog is facetious but there is some truth to it. I have just been on a one-week vacation to Maui. It was another...

With “All Souls/Saints Day” just a few days away, this is a good question. I am reading a “memoir” of Margaret Drabble and she suggests...

Looking back on my trip to South Carolina and neighboring states, I have the lingering feeling that I was walking through the pages of my...

I spent the day visiting battle sites of the American REvolution. First, the remains of the fort at Ninety Six. I found that there were...

Day 2, we played tourists in beautiful Savannah, Georgia. Today we were back on the tail of Michael Eisan in South Carolina. At the...

We spent the morning in the Charleston Public Library searching for documentation that would indicate where my ancestor Michael Eisan...

Pumpkin People at Kentville, Nova Scotia Yesterday we went to Kentville, home of the Pumpkin People. There we had our turkey dinner with...

Here’s me, Christopher Dean, his mother and sister at the Dartmouth Chapters store for a book signing. Chris is my third cousin. I think...

Wednesday and Thursday were the best days off. Wednesday, a sunny day in the mid 20s, we went with a friend in a Mustang convertible to...

Ship Harbour Community Hall Thanks to the two lovely ladies who let us into the community hall and then stayed to talk with us for an...

Signing at Historic Properties on Day 5 It’s all about the people! Day six was a great day. We spent the morning putting up posters about...