Thank you for joining me in the 6 weeks of my Christmas Craftalong. If you love handmade gifts, giving home baked goodies or just love the season, join me until Christmas for ideas old and new to put together a unique and old fashioned Christmas season. If you don't...
Five Things
Five Things for Friday
It's been a busy month. I went to Chicago, helped my son move, did a bunch of book research at the Newberry Library and The Chicago History Museum. And then had the great joy of taking the train home. Chicago to Seattle on the Empire Builder. I loved every minute of...
Five Things for Friday
Let’s talk. I keep getting anxious emails from all of you—am I writing, am I going to have a new book out soon, and why is this taking so long????? All good questions. I want to be honest with all of you because you are my readers, my dear friends, so here is how it...
Five Things for Friday
Part of me wonders—do I post this sort of trivial list when the world is on the fire?—because I don't want anyone to think I am not scared spitless about the state of things right now. Especially since I've been reading a lot of WW1 history lately and the parallels...
Five Things for Friday
It's inevitable, but I am going to repeat myself. I've tried hard not to. I even maintain a list—but the list only works if you update it, which I did last week and discovered I have repeated myself. The Expanse! The Vanished Days! With over 220 Things and counting,...
Five Things for Friday
Tomorrow (Saturday, Jan 29th) I will be taking over on Instagram for Romanced By the Book. Megan and Marielle are a dynamic duo of romance loving readers who post about books and authors and sponsor read alongs—most recently diving deep into And the Miss Ran Away with...