Hi-di-ho and Happy New Year, friends! I thought I'd start the year off resurrecting an article I wrote on August 3, 2016, made at True Book Addict blog during A Moment Forever's book blog tour. In light of a recent 5* review on Amazon where the reader quotes a line from the novel, I thought the subject apropos. "The starkness of the attic revealed the loneliness of the man at the time of his departure." One of my two heroines is bequeathed a house in 1992, and its contents, p

Hi-di-ho, friends! It has been too long, and boy have I missed you, missed sharing with you my 1940s experiences held at the end of last year into this year. So many things have happened in my six-month hiatus from blogging, that I admit, it's been a little hard to focus on putting words to my recent WWII-era living history venues. All of which had been fun and interesting, experiences where I had to step out of my personal comfort zone yet I walked away with new confidence a

My Final Research Travelogue - All Aboard! Hi-di-ho, my friends! When last we caught up on my research trip for A Moment Forever, we visited Lakeland, Florida and the story of the swans. Well, today, I'd like to steam ahead and share with you my search for the Orange Blossom Special. With dear hubby at the wheel, our destination was the Florida Railroad Museum in Parrish, Florida just ten miles north of Bradenton on the Gulf coast. The museum grounds, railcars, and tracks are

Hi-di-ho, friends! I'm so excited to share this blog post with you today. Those of you who have read A Moment Forever have discovered the secret of the swans that grace the book cover. But what you don't know is what inspired them. Well, I knew that everlasting love would be the primary theme of our hero and heroine but it wasn't until this little research trip that it fell into place. Swans. Let me share with you what the Audubon Society says: Mute swan pairs reportedly stay

Hi-Di-Ho, friends it's Memorial Day here in America, a time to remember and honor, a time to celebrate the memory of those noble heroes who gave all in the fight to preserve our liberty. It's appropriate that A Moment Forever releases on this occasion not only for the significance of the day or it being a novel set during WWII but also because this story takes the reader on a sentimental, emotional journey of love and deception. Today was also the day that one of our romanti

GETTING FROM THERE TO HERE - ABOUT THE BOOK Hi-Di-Ho, my friends! Well, today is the big day: The Cover Reveal of my upcoming novel, A Moment Forever! Some of you know that this, much anticipated, novel developed as a Jane Austen Fan Fiction readers would come to know as My Dearest Darling. It posted on two forums beginning Veteran's Day 2014 - May 2015. No longer a fan fiction novel, I am over the moon happy, positively lulu to announce that it is being re-born as a rich, WW

Hi-di-ho, friends! Well, I'll be honest right up front: I have never been one for poetry. But sometimes stanzas and verses just grab a person and won't let go. I'm a pretty straightforward New York girl and if I'm going to read poetry, I'd like for it to read in the same way. Honestly, I find no literary enjoyment in scratching my head while trying to figure out what the heck the poem means, or what the poet intended it to mean. Lord knows, I'm in my head enough! Like my cof