SHORTS, NOVELS, AND OTHER THINGS
My latest book in the Rhe Brewster Series, Death at the Asylum, came out last month, and I have to admit I have been very remiss in marketing it. I fell (on a pickleball court – don’t ask) and twisted my back and dealing with the pain and bruising has taken all my energy. So …
Simon and Garfunkle were American folk rock duo consisting of the singer-songwriter Paul Simon and the singer Art Garfunkle. They were one of the best-selling music groups of the 1960s, and their biggest hits, including The Sound of Silence, Mrs. Robinson, and Bridge Over Troubled Water, reached number one on singles charts worldwide. Their harmonies …
In an homage to spaghetti westerns such as Once Upon a Time in the West, Craig Boyack has created a rollicking, rolling, and compelling adventure in a post-apocalyptic American Gulf Coast world. I read it in one day, enjoying every morsel. Mari and her husband and young son enjoy a simple life as tobacco farmers, …
We lost one of the world’s folk-rock legends last week when Canadian-born Gordon Lightfoot died, so I am taking a break from the music Monday’s rock to pay tribute to him. The lives of many of us played to the background of his easily recognizable and melodic baritone voice and his twelve-string acoustic guitar. He …
I’ve already been dinged about avoiding the Beatles, the group heading the British Invasion of the rock and roll scene here in the USA. Formerly called the Quarrymen or the Silver Beatles, with the byname of the Fab Four, this British musical quartet became the global lodestar for the hopes and dreams of a generation …
One thing I find hard is marketing my books. I think a lot of my followers who write would say the same. But needs must, and I do want you to take a look at my newest book in the Rhe Brewster series, Death at the Asylum. This one has more twists than ever, so …
This is a re-posting of a blog from 2020 about Christmas in Prague, where my husband and I lived for a year. We spent Christmas in Prague and were introduced to its customs by the Czech couple, Vladimir and Milada Reznick, who shared their apartment with us. The first tradition we encountered was a visit …
With my recent posts, I’ve tried to create an accurate historical lead-up to the first Thanksgiving. This is a piece I posted in 2014 and again in 2017. It seems appropriate for tomorrow! Much has been written about the first Thanksgiving which took place at Plimoth Colony. Here is some information that is probably closer …
In recognition of Veteran’s Day, I am reposting this from previous years. We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe:To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye …
This is the heartwarming and remarkable story of Aleen Isabel Cust, England’s first female veterinary surgeon, and a book I thoroughly enjoyed. The author explains that while the main character is real and many of the events in her life are recorded, this is not a biography. But what she’s created is completely believable. Aleen …
