I love reading historical romances and novels. Actually, I wrote four historical romances (two Regency and two Victorian) and a Jane Austen short story before I got published. But I was not a natural at it for sure! I spent so many hours stopping the writing and then researching everything from the types of teacups [...]

It's been a terrific summer, but there are signs that it's coming to an end. Kids are heading back to school and my grocery store is already selling everything with pumpkin in it and making orange, yellow, and brown icing for the cakes. (Not complaining--I love pumpkin!) Summer started officially with my daughter graduating from college. [...]

Every summer I think about how trying to work with kids around the house is like continually stabbing yourself in the eye with a pen. I still feel that way, even though my children are nineteen and above now, and have been in and out this summer as their lives have dictated.  But for a [...]

The proscenium arch of the theater. See the stars? In my latest Mirror Lake small-town romance that released this week, This Loving Feeling, there is a fabulous old theater from the 1920's that's in need of restoration. It's a big, splendid "Movie Palace" from the 1920's, and it's modeled after one in my very own [...]

On a recent rainy day, I went to the antique mall with my daughter who just graduated college, looking for some bargains for when she will soon move into a tiny one-room apartment for grad school. I love antiques because they remind me of my childhood. But I realized my daughter doesn't know the history [...]

Needs no caption! So awesome. This week, those of us who live in Northeast Ohio are still reeling with ecstasy from the fact that the Cavs brought home the NBA championship. And brought home they did! Three times the population of Cleveland showed up downtown for the victory parade. My daughter got close enough to [...]