A Hundred Silver Stars

September 2014   Welcome to my newsletter. That pile of drafts I’m staring at has now culminated in a new novel, A Measure of Light, the story of a 17th century woman named Mary Dyer. She is a real but mysterious person, who went from London to the wilds of the New World and met Anne Read More …

A Flickering Dream

October 2013 A year has rolled by since I last wrote. I remember it as a flickering dream – places, people, feelings. ~ Last fall, Peter and I went to Canmore for the unveiling of one of his public commissions, “Touchstone”.   ~ Then, back in New Brunswick, the days grew shorter, the snow fell, Read More …

New Life and Mysterious Signs

April 2010 Welcome to my newsletter! When I last wrote, we were preparing for the launch of The Sea Captain’s Wife. I am happy to report that 500 people attended, and we are still talking about how much fun we had. Picking out costumes at King’s Landing Historical Settlement….   And the event!   ~ Read More …

Nest in the Hawthornes

  WINTER 2009 Winter is the most peaceful season of the year, here in our valley. I work in my east-facing study overlooking the fields and forest. Often, as the wind hurled snow and the house shuddered, I could see nothing but swirling whiteness. Or feel the house shake as the plow rumbled down the Read More …