I'm praying for a peaceful 2019 for everyone. For me, 2018 was a vast improvement over 2017. While our oldest daughter's wedding was...

"Christmas Magic" was a winner in the 1992 holiday story contest sponsored by the Asbury Park Press. There are no cellphones ...

This is a quick, easy treat. I bake it every Christmas (except for the one year when we did not have a working oven). It's delicious!...

Doesn't that look like a perfect Christmas? I took that photo the Christmas after my mother died, which was a sad time. Unhappy and t...

My guest today is Anita Klumpers. Her latest book is part of Pelican Book Group's Christmas Extravaganza. You won't want to miss th...

I called my uncle the other day--my last remaining uncle. In the photo above, he's the baby. My father is holding him on the back of ...

We live in a free country. The First Amendment of the United States Constitution guarantees Americans freedoms that many other countries ...

The moon slips out of the clouds as easily as I get into the zone, or as some people call it, the flow state. I credit my mother with sho...

That’s Carol Lee Mahler on the left. This was her first booksigning at the NJ Romance Writers’ Conference. She’s been a member of NJRW f...

I found the Social Security office to be a great place to sketch. Once, many years ago, I sat there with one of my daughters for three hou...

I've always lived near the ocean. I love the smell of briny air--whether it's winter, spring, summer, or fall. I believe a wa...

 There are book dealers on Amazon selling my books for outrageous prices. The paper edition of PATRIOT'S HEART is available--brand new...

I belong to the Art Society of Monmouth County. I joined in order to have some place to display my paintings other than on my own wall...

I had big plans for the summer. After teaching for twenty-five years, I got into the habit of packing everything possible into a few shor...

If you’ve read this blog, you know I like to crochet. I started when I was seven years old. I made afghans, scarves, hats, baby sweaters,...

I was trying to write a few days ago and the moon kept peering down on me from outside my window. It was a beautiful evening with clear s...

In every romance, there’s a happy ending. That’s what readers expect. The best romances are ones with emotional impact. Currently, in the...

In May, the Lincroft Inn was demolished. The inn stood on this site in continuous operation since 1697 and remained the center of the loc...

PATRIOT'S HEART is set in New Jersey in 1778 during the American Revolution where  296 engagements with British troops occurred, m...