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I’m giving away 5 free copies of The Serpentine Garden Path at Goodreads on October 1st. Check it out at Goodreads. All you have to do is...
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Dec 9, 2013
Successful Launch
I wanted to say thank you to all the people who showed up at my launch at First Metropolitan United on Friday. It was great to have so...
Sep 24, 2013
Edmonton launches
My visits to Edmonton are more about descendants than ancestors: my three children and now three grandchildren live here. So my time is...
Dec 3, 2012
Choose Joy Before Survival
I’ve been making the wrong choices ever since I was a child. I distinctly remember at the age of about six, when given the choice of...
Nov 23, 2012
Back from the Dead
That title of this blog is facetious but there is some truth to it. I have just been on a one-week vacation to Maui. It was another...
Aug 9, 2012
My first book on Amazon.com
I’m excited to announce that you can now buy a hard copy of my book The Serpentine Garden Path from Amazon.com This is a prequel to A...
May 28, 2012
The Difficulty of Titles
As you know, my novel A Garden in the Wilderness was published by Borealis Press recently. It did not always have that title. I...
Feb 29, 2012
The Serpentine Path now available!
I am pleased to announce that my book The Serpentine Path has now been e-published and is available at Smashwords. The Serpentine Path is...
Jul 22, 2010
The Importance of Memoir
What treasures do you keep hidden in your memory that future generations would love to uncover? In my blog, I have already told how I...
Apr 26, 2010
Pigging out in the Eighteenth Century
Meat was the staple of eighteenth century meals– meat, meat and more meat. Although the poor might have only two types of meat at a meal,...
Apr 19, 2010
Scottish Wedding Traditions
Scottish wedding traditions are pretty bizarre. If you’re planning a wedding and have some Scottish ancestry (or even if you don’t) you...
Apr 13, 2010
In the Shadow of Revolution
The great events of our time colour who we are and shape us in ways to do not recognize. The American Revolution was in full swing when...
Apr 5, 2010
Tartan Day
Tomorrow is Tartan Day, and I want to honour that “holiday” by talking about my Scottish protagonist John Dean and explaining why the...
Mar 31, 2010
Elopement as Theft of Property
Unsuitable love matches must have been a problem in England in the 18th century because a law was passed in 1753 making marriage without...
Mar 22, 2010
The Masquerade at Vauxhall Garden
The masquerade needs to experience a revival as a form of popular entertainment. I can’t think of anything more fun than dressing up in...
Mar 16, 2010
Gardening in the 18th Century
I did a lot of research for The Pleasure Gardeners Companion. There are two really important books that I am greatly indebted to. One is...
Mar 9, 2010
Susan Kirke Dean: Revolutionary
Yesterday was International Women’s Day. It reminded me how far we’ve come as women in the west even since I was a girl. But we should...
Mar 5, 2010
The Pleasure Gardener’s Companion
I was doing some genealogical research, you know, dry dates of marriages and deaths, when I came across a juicy story. I have been...
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