Hello dear reader! Let's Go to Nantucket!I have had two memorable trips to Nantucket. One was my honeymoon, and the other was in celebration of my 21st wedding anniversary and included my daughter. If you haven't been to "the faraway island," you may...

Hello dear reader! Welcome to my newsletter! You recently entered the LitNuts Deals Giveaway for a chance to win $50 in books, coffee or cash. One of the ways you entered was agreeing to receive email updates from me. Who am I?I'm a writer...

Hello dear reader! Summer is concert season here in the Hudson Valley. My favorite place to see a show is Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, the site of the (THE) Woodstock concert in 1969. It's a magnificent outdoor theater set on rolling hills techn...

Hello dear reader! My awe and admiration for authors started when I was a child. They were my heroes. I marveled at people who could put pen to paper and craft imaginative stories that brought me to another place and time. I read voraciously and...

Hello dear reader! Welcome to Spring!This has been a busy month for me as I have my fingers in a number of very exciting projects, including writing the final chapter in A Wedding at Blue Hydrangeas. I know, you were thinking I'd never finish writing...

Hello dear reader!I've been battling the winter doldrums with jigsaw puzzles. I haven't done them in years. Sitting in front of the puzzling pieces brings back memories of my dad and my Aunt Dodo (short for Antoinette) who always had one under constr...

Hello dear reader!February is really not so bad because it's my birthday month! You see, when you're born in the dead of winter you get to celebrate longer, right? And I decided long ago I'd celebrate my birthday the entire month. It certainly breaks...

Hello dear reader!The other day I left work late, after 5, and as I drove home I realized it was still light out, light enough for me to take a walk, but not for long, as it was completely dark by 5:20 and I don’t walk after dark. Normally I get out...

Hello dear reader!Hooray! We've turned the page to a new year! The days and weeks ahead are full of promise and possibility as we settle into winter and plan for spring and what comes next, after the ice clears, and the earth warms. For me, the seaso...

Hello dear reader!The holidays are upon us and the year is drawing to a close. I think we're all exhausted and ready to begin anew in 2022. So many of us have endured great losses and hard times and I send my condolences to all, with a wish that the...