Hi Everyone, My third novel Mine is hotting up, with interest growing. I thought I’d choose one of my favorite parts to share with those of you who have asked. Sophie listened, while catching the tiniest sliver of a rainbow out past the pines and over the sea.“Without warning I was taken off the world-touring […]
Ah! The Beach. This summer, I have been fortunate enough to escape the cooler climes of Oxford, England for the sunny weather of the Mediterranean
According to Wikipedia, “Roe v. Wade…was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which …
Hi Everyone, This month’s blog is a shameless (forgive me) request for you to buy, perhaps multiple copies, of my recently published novel, Geraniums. Read it and perhaps review it, and submit it to Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk or The Book Guild. Maybe all three. It’s a good and speedy read, I’m told. Here are a few of the reviews:
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Hi Everyone, Sometimes I’m at a loss as to what to blog about, but this month there is no doubt whatsoever. First and foremost in my heart is the Oxford Literary Festival, now in its 25th year (technically most probably now off on its 26th year, and, with planning already afoot, maybe its 27th), which
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One evening, while working on extra-credit for World History, trying to please M, who I thought might end her eternal litany of put-downs.
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We all know, as this is February, that the heart symbol reigns supreme. Yes, Valentine’s Day is as always, and as everybody knows…
Hi Everyone, Okay, hands up, who knows the foggiest place in the world? If you guessed the steadily crashing, spraying waves at Grand Banks, Newfoundland, you’d be correct! If you guessed San Francisco (maybe the Golden Gate Bridge poking through the clouds?), you’d be on the radar, or maybe, as they say in Britain, you
Hi Everyone, I’m not sure why this month’s blog started out as a bit of a tug o’ war, but it has! Whether to write about hot water bottles (hot water bottles? Who wants to hear about hot water bottles like the one currently at my back?) or the biblical verse: Be still… Why the conflict? No earthly
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Radiators humming, dark mornings, fires at night, and the very odd and unexpected—yes, believe it or not—tornado in England, that’s my November.