Jul 26, 2013Flogging instead of BloggingThough 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...
Jun 4, 2013The New Tangible Book Form of The Gardener’s Wife At LastHere’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...
Mar 18, 2013The Siege of Ninety SixNinety Six was the name of a trading post and then a town, fort and Revolutionary battle site in the back country of South Carolina....
Mar 11, 2013The Battle on King’s MountainThe Battle of King’s Mountain was a pivotal battle of the American Revolution. All of those who fought were American militiamen with the...
Mar 4, 2013Michael 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...
Feb 26, 2013Virgin LandOnce 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, 2013On US Tax WithholdingIf 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, 2013Why 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, 2013The Missing Pieces of his SilenceThat’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...
Dec 31, 20122012 in reviewThe 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, 2012Choose Joy Before SurvivalI’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, 2012Back from the DeadThat 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, 2012Do 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...
Oct 22, 2012Serendipity in the SouthLooking 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, 2012Day Four in South CarolinaI 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, 2012Days 2 & 3, the SouthDay 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, 2012Day One of Research in South CarolinaWe spent the morning in the Charleston Public Library searching for documentation that would indicate where my ancestor Michael Eisan...
Oct 8, 2012Final Day of the TourPumpkin People at Kentville, Nova Scotia Yesterday we went to Kentville, home of the Pumpkin People. There we had our turkey dinner with...
Oct 7, 2012Day ElevenHere’s me, Christopher Dean, his mother and sister at the Dartmouth Chapters store for a book signing. Chris is my third cousin. I think...
Oct 6, 2012Day 10– The Tour ResumesWednesday 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...