Catherine Over Water: an excerpt
Greetings, Dear Readers! In case you missed it, my latest novel Catherine Over Water has arrived in the world! It was published this past week by She Writes Press in [...]
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Sep, 2026
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Sep, 2026
Come to My Launch Party
The countdown has begun! Just one more week till the Pub Date for Catherine Over Water! Currently you are able to pre-order my latest novel here, at various on-line outlets. [...]
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Sep, 2026
It’s Pub Month
Greetings, Dear Friends! September has arrived, and that means it’s a mere week and a half until the Publication Date of my new novel Catherine Over Water In case you’ve [...]
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Jul, 2026
Happy 4th!
Tomorrow's the 4th of July, and I'm guessing my readers realize this is a big old patriotic holiday here in the United States. However, it's come to my attention recently [...]
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Oct, 2020
Sheltering, Part 4
We’ve all been “sheltering” now, to one degree or another, for seven and a half months. Initially I was both alarmed and secretly pleased—because suddenly I could be my introvert self [...]
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Jun, 2020
How Madelaine Survives Quarantine
Written with my Thursday night writing group (now meeting on Zoom!) with the prompts: one red shoe and oh, dear. Madelaine wore one red shoe and one green shoe because [...]
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Feb, 2020
Marilyn’s Folly
Written with the prompts: Angus lost a shoe not far from the folly, busy street but you are alone, dog named Moose who didn’t like men, buyer’s remorse, refuse, I [...]
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Nov, 2019
Making Up Stories: my spiritual practice
Do you remember that scene in Out of Africa when Meryl Streep, playing Karen Blixin (later known by her nom de plume Isak Dinesen) was hosting Robert Redford and Michael [...]
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Nov, 2019
Book News!
Here in California it remains unseasonably warm, so it's hard to believe that the holidays are right abound the corner. I want to let you know that all the paperback [...]
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Sep, 2019
Free Books
Years ago, I whimsically folded a few of my original poems into paper airplanes and flew them into the audience at a reading. People were amused. This happened long ago, [...]