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    • Jul 26, 2013

    Flogging instead of Blogging

    Though I have taken some time off from blogging this summer, I have been busy flogging books. In June, I went to Halifax where I had a...
    The New Tangible Book Form of The Gardener’s Wife At Last
    • Jun 4, 2013

    The New Tangible Book Form of The Gardener’s Wife At Last

    Here’s a photo of the cover of Book 2 of The Compleat Gardener series, recently printed. I will be launching this book on Wednesday, June...
    The Siege of Ninety Six
    • Mar 18, 2013

    The Siege of Ninety Six

    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 on King’s Mountain
    • Mar 11, 2013

    The Battle on King’s Mountain

    The Battle of King’s Mountain was a pivotal battle of the American Revolution. All of those who fought were American militiamen with the...
    Michael Eisan’s House
    • Mar 4, 2013

    Michael Eisan’s House

    “At the end of the workday, Michael paused before his cabin and examined his workmanship: the hand-planed logs with mortared chinks. It...
    Virgin Land
    • Feb 26, 2013

    Virgin Land

    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...
    • Feb 1, 2013

    On US Tax Withholding

    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...
    • Jan 22, 2013

    Why Write?

    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...
    • Jan 9, 2013

    The Missing Pieces of his Silence

    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...
    2012 in review
    • Dec 31, 2012

    2012 in review

    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....
    • Dec 3, 2012

    Choose Joy Before Survival

    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...
    • Nov 23, 2012

    Back from the Dead

    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...
    • Oct 29, 2012

    Do the Dead Want to be Resurrected?

    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...
    Serendipity in the South
    • Oct 22, 2012

    Serendipity in the South

    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...
    • Oct 14, 2012

    Day Four in South Carolina

    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...
    • Oct 13, 2012

    Days 2 & 3, the South

    Day 2, we played tourists in beautiful Savannah, Georgia. Today we were back on the tail of Michael Eisan in South Carolina. At the...
    • Oct 11, 2012

    Day One of Research in South Carolina

    We spent the morning in the Charleston Public Library searching for documentation that would indicate where my ancestor Michael Eisan...
    Final Day of the Tour
    • Oct 8, 2012

    Final Day of the Tour

    Pumpkin People at Kentville, Nova Scotia Yesterday we went to Kentville, home of the Pumpkin People. There we had our turkey dinner with...
    Day Eleven
    • Oct 7, 2012

    Day Eleven

    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...
    Day 10– The Tour Resumes
    • Oct 6, 2012

    Day 10– The Tour Resumes

    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...
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