Hi, I went to Norway a couple of weeks back, which was a somewhat unplanned adventure. It involved three flights: Cork to Amsterdam, on to Bergin, then on to Tromso, in the Arctic Circle. My husband, who is doing a PhD in Quaternary Landscape Studies...

Hi, The weather in Ireland has been amazingly stable for a month; almost endless sunshine. I wake up every day wondering when it's going to break, or if the news is going to take a turn towards predictions of drought and water restrictions. It's a st...

Hi, NEWSFLASHThe Irish Key (Bookouture) is 99c special offer today on AmazonOur 2024 has been exciting in the publishing arena, and crazy busy on the home front. My mother (93), who was getting too frail to live alone come to live with us, but as we...

Hi, The sun is burning in Ireland. Interspersed by days of deluge, it provides the perfect weather for creating potholes in the roads. The manic requirement to make hay means there are huge tractors dashing around the tiny roads, pulling even bigger...

Hi, WRITING NEWSFLASHHer Irish Home, a short story commissioned by Bookoutureis a precursor to my women's fiction series set in West Cork, Ireland,writing as Daisy O'Shea.Now available to collect free of charge (Click on the image).The Irish Key, a f...

Hi, Sorry about the late date of my news letter... I have been busy with ghost-writing, editing, and writing an unexpectedly-requested short story for Bookouture, while planning my next novel. Things are changing at chez Lewando. Retirement doesn't m...

Hi, Christmas has come and gone and New Year celebrations are past... My new year's wish is that we will see some much-needed peace and humanity arrive on our troubled earth.This is my BIG year, when my Bookouture series will actually hit the market....

Hi, *** HAPPY CHRISTMAS ONE AND ALL ***Kindle Unlimited Christmas Bonus* * *Even if you choose not to take any of the books from the offers, do please click on some links - it would help my 'share' statistics. I have been refused entry to some promot...

Hi, December is upon us, and the temperature has plummeted here in southern Ireland. Clear skies and beautiful sunrises quickly dissipate an early frost, but a cold blast from the north is apparently bringing snow on its heels. This reminded me of a...

Hi, Since playing in a barn dance group many years back, I swore never to play in a barn again... But this Halloween party went with a swing, with Irish traditional music and plenty of green and orange goodies to make the ghoulish children hyperactiv...