So thrilled at this wonderful 5-Star review for Cold As Ice: "An absolutely enthralling romance that is as charming as it is sexy! An i...

Wow, long time no see! Just popping in to share news about my latest story, a short in the Play On universe called Butterfly. Check it o...

December began with our first ice storm in a while, our first real blast of winter. I’d been planning to head to the next city to our nort...

From everything I’ve seen posted by and heard in conversations with my American friends over the last few years, I’ve come to the conclusi...

I promised y’all a report on our new bed. I didn’t forget, but I did want to give it more than a week before I reported in. We’ve had our ...

It’s altogether too easy, sometimes, to forget the hard-learned lessons humanity has faced throughout history. In our own lifetimes, we’ve...

Time, that heartless being, marches on without a single “by your leave” or “thank you very much.” It’s beyond frustrating, sometimes. In f...

There are several reasons why I write. I began writing when I was ten or so, and even then, I understood that it wasn’t something that I...

This is a rare essay, because today I am actually writing—for a paragraph or four—about politics. This past Monday, October 21, the 43r...

This past Monday was Thanksgiving Day in Canada. Usually we would have had a nice, perfect turkey—because even up here in the True North S...

I was off the grid for most of Wednesday last week, because right after I posted my essay, I began to install my new computer. I did have ...

Mother Nature offered us an end of season special yesterday morning! I’m not sure if she intended it as a simple “fall sale” or a “back-to...

Autumn has arrived, it’s in the air—and in the enormous scattering of leaves on my porch, porch steps and sidewalk. We have a walnut tree ...

We’re all settling in here at the Ashbury residence. Life, left to its own devices, usually finds its rhythm, and it’s best for everyone t...

One of the most vivid memories I have in the immediate aftermath of the attacks of September 11, 2001, is driving from the city next door ...

Yesterday, the new dogs in the house learned about school busses, and the very suspicious activity that occurs out on the sidewalk every w...

We’ve decided that the Canadian National Exhibition will be an excursion for us to take next year, which is just as well. The last few wee...

When I was a kid, I always considered the beginning of the end of summer to be when the “Ex” opened. That day this year was August 16—last...

How do we cope with cruelty? And in this instance, I mean not so much the cruelty that may be inflicted upon us, but the cruelty we witnes...

I believe in personal responsibility. More, I believe in assuming responsibility for my words as well as my deeds. What I do, I take respo...

You always know when the couple you’re with is married and has been for some time. There’s a distinct language I’m going to call “marriage...