Be Swept Away… A Journey of Love
Do you love to travel to foreign locales? I do. I haven’t been everywhere, not even close. But over the years, I’ve been on a journey or three…
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Travel
Short Listed for the Chatelaine Book Award
I’m excited to announce that two (2!) of my manuscripts are finalist for the 2016 Chatelaine Book Award for Romantic Fiction.
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Remembering Thanksgivings Past
BOUNTIFUL BEGINNINGS I was the child of parents who grew to adulthood on a pioneer homestead in Manitoba. Throughout my life, I took it pretty much for granted that the major holidays would signal a large family gathering, accompanied by some significant feasting, with food that
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The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
After seven long weeks in a small rural island community over the summer, the past week was spent on a quick return trip to the city, ostensibly to attend a friend’s wedding, but also to take care of a hectic round of shopping and errands in preparation for the start of the school year. The experience
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Tuscany: Remixed
ON THE OTHER HAND In a recent blogpost, I was celebrating the joys of staying close to home, and enjoying the simple pleasures to be found in a small, rural island community, where: “There have been community meals, live performances by local and visiting musicians, a readers and writers festival with recitations and readings of both