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Good news! I was featured in a podcast by The Dodo. It’s called The Cardboard Beagle. You can can check it out here!

When people ask what I did during lockdown, the answer is easy: I gardened! Every day for many hours. After working at my desk each morning, I went outside and dug and weeded and planted and pruned–and the days flew … Continue reading →

Today is the birthday of Earnest, the yellow Labrador retriever in my new novel of the same name! Some of you may be thinking, Wait a minute. He’s fiction. It’s his publication day, not his birthday. But I beg to … Continue reading →

  A week and a half ago, An Unexpected Grace was officially launched at the Eagle Harbor Book Company, my local independent bookstore.  I gave a talk about the novel to a crowd of kind strangers and beloved friends.  Later, … Continue reading →

In the last few weeks as I’ve promoted An Unexpected Grace, people have asked why I write about animals.  My answer is simple:  There’s no way I could not write about them. I was born on October 4, the feast … Continue reading →

I believe that early morning musing is important. I lie in bed in that sleepy zone between my conscious and unconscious, and let hazy thoughts come to me.  Sometimes they arrive as ideas for projects or solutions to problems.  But … Continue reading →