My first book, Sea Of Hope, was published in 2001 by Awe-Struck EBooks. It was originally published only in digital format. However, for ...

Dad bought a Mac Mini this week. This amazing computer is very, very small--but very, very powerful. Dad had been frustrated by his old WebT...

Hurricane Irene is gone, but she left a lot of misery in her wake. For the first time in the thirty-two years we've live here, the res...

Many authors have promoted worthy causes and influenced readers’ opinions. Philip Freneau, the poet of the Revolution, rallied pat...

Hubby and I went to the Cole Bros. Circus yesterday. We haven't seen a traveling circus show for a very long time. The last time we wen...

Manet painted The Boating Party. Seward Johnson made it into a life-sized reproduction. And I put myself in the picture, just for fun. ...

Last week, a friend asked me what software I use to write my books. I was a bit surprised by the question. I just type my novels into Word. ...

This cookie recipe is an old favorite. There's some real good nutritious stuff in these cookies so I think it is perfectly acceptable to...

I have an iPad. One of my sisters has an iPhone. Lately, instead of talking on the phone we video chat with FaceTime. It is almost as good a...

Two years ago today my mother died. In the photo above, my mother is the toddler on the right. She was the daughter of a coal miner and grew...

Large, black carpenter ants live in New Jersey. In fact, carpenter ants are hearty and find many locations just to their liking. Though they...

One summer, between my junior and senior year of college, I landed a job as an aide in a summer school program. It was a great experience si...

Prince of the Mist was originally published in 2005 by New Concepts Publishing. At that time, the book received wonderful reviews and sold ...

I was diagnosed with high blood pressure about seven years ago. Since my mother suffered from high blood pressure for over thirty years, lea...

I have been going through my long list of bookmarked blogs and deleting some of them. There are bloggers who haven't posted anything for...

This is delicious, quick and easy. The perfect dish for a busy writer to prepare. 1 onion, chopped 1 clover garlic, chopped 1/4 cup pean...

There's that white page. What am I going to write on it? The blinking cursor waits and time moves on. I close my eyes and start typing. ...

Once upon a time, I was young--a teenager growing up on the "wrong" side of town--the side where the "hoods" lived. I wa...

Good dental health is a blessing. It is also costly and not an option for many people. When I was young, I rarely went to the dentist. When ...

Until now, sending out my newsletters to friends and fans has been a chore. My newsletters were rather plain. However, today I decided to tr...