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Thrift shopping: Feel-good fun and vintage finds
Can I get that wholesale? Growing up in a place nicknamed “wholesale city” where finding a “good deal” is a point of civic pride, thrift shopping has been part of my life since childhood. As well as being a fun hobby, since I’m grateful for my own blessings and...
There’s something about a cowboy…and that hat (My next book, “A Family for the Rodeo Cowboy,” is out soon)
My next sweet western romance for Harlequin Heartwarming, A Family for the Rodeo Cowboy, is out on April 25 (in paperback and Ebook) and I’m excited to share it with you. It’s the second story in my Montana Carters miniseries, following Montana Reunion, although each...
Easter & Passover greetings
To my dear blog subscribers... For those of you who celebrate, I wish you a blessed and joyous Easter. And for those currently celebrating Passover, Chag Pesach Sameach! (Happy Passover Holiday) to you. After a severe and disruptive ice storm in Eastern Ontario and...
The Sweetheart Locket now available in paperback (as well as eBook & audio)
I appreciate many of you have waited patiently until The Sweetheart Locket, my WW2 historical women’s fiction novel, would be available in paperback. I'm happy to say it’s now out in all countries and available from Amazon and several other vendors. Cost varies...
Gratitude for the little things
I’m currently dealing with several personal and professional challenges causing stress and worry. So now more than ever, I’m digging into my metaphorical “coping toolbox” to find joy, practice self-care and remind myself to be grateful for the little things. Smelling...
A date, a day trip & February fun
Canadian winters can sometimes seem endless. This year, amidst a succession of grey, overcast days filled with work and the regular routine, a special day trip made for much-needed February fun. Although I love my small-town world, there are times I also crave city...
Books, beer and “Secrets, Spies & Family Ties in WWII and Today”
If you subscribe to my monthly reader newsletter, you may remember in January I mentioned a podcast chat with author Laura Vosika and Certified Cicerone (beer sommelier) Michael Agnew, hosts of “Books and Brews: Where Literature Meets Beer.” In that chat, I read three...
Best & hardest things about being an author: Are they what you expect?
I’m speaking to my local writing group next week about life as a traditionally published author and moving from writing as a hobby to a job. As such, I’ve been thinking about what being an author means and the best and hardest things about this career. Building a...
Looking to 2023 with hope
Hope is a theme in my next Second World War women’s fiction novel, The Secrets of Grey Oaks Hall. In both the historical and contemporary timelines, female protagonists hold to hope and the promise of better times ahead when life—and living it—are dark. Hope is also...
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