When is the last time you celebrated or rewarded yourself for meeting a small goal, let alone a big one or even just because? Like many of us, I get busy with the day-to-day routine and time slips by. I’ll celebrate ‘later’ but then ‘later’ doesn’t happen and the...
If you subscribe to my reader newsletter, I shared the gorgeous cover for The Teacher Evacuees (out September 25, 2025), first in my WW2, British home front women’s fiction series as Rose Warner, in the April edition. From the English village setting, to the book’s...
Thanks to the ACW (Anglican Church Women) at St. James Anglican Church in Kemptville, Ontario for inviting me to speak about my life and writing at their regular meeting on May 6, 2025. I’ll be talking about my books, career development and now writing under two...
As I write this post, I’m surrounded by bits of paper covering both my desk and home office floor. Why? It’s tax season in Canada, and with a filing deadline of April 30, the pressure is on. When I wasn’t self-employed, tax season, although still involving some...
As far back as I can remember, I’ve loved and collected old books, especially those for children. The gorgeous covers. The thick paper, sometimes with foxing (age-related browning). The scent of old binding. The faded inscriptions in elegant cursive writing. Yes,...
