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Delicious Food We Have Eaten in Switzerland
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...
May 6, 2014


Daring Things We Have Done in Switzerland
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...
May 5, 2014
Switzerland and Germany Trip
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...
Apr 29, 2014


Dreams and Marketing
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...
Jan 22, 2014


Where I write
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...
Jan 14, 2014
NaNoWriMo 2013 Over and Out
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...
Dec 10, 2013
Successful Launch
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...
Dec 9, 2013
Countdown to Book(s) Launch
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...
Dec 4, 2013


Successful launch
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...
Oct 10, 2013
Edmonton launches
My visits to Edmonton are more about descendants than ancestors: my three children and now three grandchildren live here. So my time is...
Sep 24, 2013
Getting Ready
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...
Sep 8, 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...
Jul 26, 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...
Jun 4, 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....
Mar 18, 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...
Mar 11, 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...
Mar 4, 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 26, 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...
Feb 1, 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 22, 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...
Jan 9, 2013
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