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Apr 10, 2023
No APRIL FOOLs HERE . . .
This past year I joined another writers' group: The Public Safety Writers Association, an organization "open to writers of both fiction...
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Mar 6, 2023
happy st. patrick's day!
A Shamrock For Luck ... and some highlights of the Dublin and Irish countryside I love... Molly Malone in Dublin - where she pushes her...
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Feb 15, 2023
Time slips away . . .
“You may delay, but time will not.” Benjamin Franklin Recently, I connected with an old friend, and I commented on how exciting her...
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Jan 9, 2023
Winter tales . . .
" That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet." - Jhumpa Lahir “The more that you read, the more things...
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Dec 12, 2022
happy holidays!
However, or wherever you plan to spend your holidays--in the snow or beside the pool--with family and friends or relaxing by...
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Nov 7, 2022
how I happened to write my last book . . .
If you didn't happen to see this already, this is a beautiful website. It's transitioning at the moment, so if it says it's not...
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Oct 17, 2022
an autumn menu ...
Autumn is the time we begin feeling the need to batten down the hatches for winter--to make soups and stews and breads and apple pie. I...
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Sep 23, 2022
The search for toots ...
Day #18 As mentioned in my last post, I was heading out to Albion and St. Edwards to see where Toots had lived and where her husband and...