Margo taking a picture of Swiss fondue Being of a certain age, my sister Margo and I are not accustomed to taking pictures of our food...

I arrived in Zürich on the first of May. Having several hours to wait before my sister Margo’s train arrived. I attended a May Day...

This is the first blog in a series that I will post on my two-week vacation. Tomorrow I’m flying to Zurich to meet my sister Margo. She’s...

I dreamed I had just published a book and on the cover was a picture of me as a baby. Easy interpretation that: everyone knows my book is...

This is a lovely room with a Murphy wall bed on one side in case anyone comes to visit. I don’t write when I have children or...

The task of writing a 50,000 word novel in the month of November is over. Actually, I made it to 53,000 words. Admittedly, what I’ve...

I wanted to say thank you to all the people who showed up at my launch at First Metropolitan United on Friday. It was great to have so...

Just a reminder that I will be launching two books this Friday, December 6th at 1:00 at First Metropolitan United Church on the corner of...

It’s great to be back in Victoria after spending a few weeks in Edmonton where I launched by books. If you came out to one of the two...

My visits to Edmonton are more about descendants than ancestors: my three children and now three grandchildren live here. So my time is...

Fall is here and for me, even though I’m not a teacher or a student anymore, it feels like a time for new beginnings. With great...

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...

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...

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...