Category Archives for historical mystery
The Importance of Team – in Work and Life
It feels like life is a heady bunch of busyness. I'm hanging onto the handlebars of a bike speeding down the hill of time, with my legs thrown out behind me as I dodge the obstacles that threaten to topple
Continue readingFinding Small Joys each Day ~ Elephants and Books!
It's no secret that life is hard right now. For everyone. You only have to watch the news for two minutes to see that. Mass shootings, war, reality TV-style "justice." The struggle, both personally and
Continue readingIt was almost a hospital wedding – warning, emotional post ahead.
My son Jordan's new wife Chelsea has osteosarcoma, with a tumor in her left femur. Diagnosed a month and a half before their Wedding day, she began an aggressive chemotherapy plan with infusions every
Continue readingFamily update ~ Living with the Big C
After my last blog (link here if you missed it), I thought I owed it to everyone to give an update. It’s a little challenging as, even though cancer has entered my life through my children, it’s not
Continue readingLife’s a Beach and Book News
We've settled back into our life in Mexico, feeling more than ever that this is where we're meant to live in the winter. Our little Mexican community really came around us during our family medical emergency
Continue readingNew flight, new year, new adventures.
I'm sitting in the boarding lounge, early in the morning, sipping on a hot Tim Horton's cappuccino. I'm looking out the large east-facing windows as the dawn breaks over the snowy okanagan valley mountains.It's
Continue reading3 Lessons Learned on the Road ~ aka: Live the Life you want to Live
We've been on the road now for several weeks and what have I learned? I'm older than I used to be. The things I want and the things I thought I wanted, aren't the same. I'm groovin' with this RV life
Continue readingDance Marathons of the 1930s were savage entertainment.
Death by DancingAs I continue working on edits for Death by Dancing, it continues to amaze me that this kind of savage entertainment existed in modern times. Today I got a letter back from my editor, and
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