Reflections

My ultra-short story called Abattoir is included in this collection of personal narratives published by Telling Our Stories Press.  Available for purchase at Amazon.com 

http://www.amazon.com/Reflections-Ultra-Short-Personal-Narratives/dp/0990008134

my writer's retreat Summer 2015

My apartment is to the left.

View of Round Pond where I will set up my desk.

Gravestone, Harriet Rice protagonist

I've rented a studio apartment in Union, Maine where I will be from May - October. I will be immersed in the area, and living on the very farmland where the Rice family settled and where I can research and write my historical novel. Harriet Rice is the main character in  Ardent Spirits. The sequel will likely be called Vault Lights, following the life and marriage of her youngest sister, Ann. Themes include farming, lumbering, abolition, temperance, inventions, plague.

Embracing the Art of Downsizing

Be sure check-out Cape Women On-Line Magazine, Fall 2014 and read my article on downsizing! In the past year I made many changes - keeping a smaller footprint in my community (Wellfleet) and at the same time getting out from under mortgage payments. This lifestyle isn't for everyone, but since I sold my house I have traveled to New York, Colorado twice, Missouri and St. Paul, I'm heading to Italy in two weeks and will be in Ireland next April. That's Life! By the way, this is an original oil painting done by me - transformation is part of life well lived.

Ultra Short Memoir

Just heard from Coco Harris, Publisher at Telling Our Stories Press that my ultra short memoir (under 100 words) "Abattoir" is included in the anthology called Reflections coming November, 2014.

Valentine and Blanchette, my pet lambs under the elms at Atwood Farm circa: 1950.

Ardent Spirits

New Project: Historical Fiction which centers on Union, Maine and the Rice family. Pictured here: my grandmother, aunt and mother circa 1907.

Novel Finished!

Completed final draft of The Disengagement of Ms. Annecy Abbott. Beta Readers giving positive feedback. Hats off to my editor Katie O'Sullivan.