Tide of Times

Last time I was here, I ended my spiel by saying that this week, as a follow-up, I would post a list of the favourite novels in my life, and that they would all be Historical novels, because I love—and I write—Historical fiction. The books that I have loved most deeply and passionately throughout my…

My entire life has revolved, in one manner or another, around books, and I honestly cannot remember a time in my life, after I had learned to read at age 5,  when I did not have a book of some description close at hand, be it unread, waiting to be read, or read to the…

A new departure for an aging writer… When I returned from wintering in California last spring I was contacted by the new managing editor of our local newspaper, the Kelowna Daily Courier. He introduced himself to me as being recently appointed and told me, much to my surprise, that he believed I should have a…