Promise: Winter 1917, Butte, Montana

Promise: Winter 1917, Butte, Montana

Marika’s Monologue adapted from my first novel: Copper Sky: Marika’s father has just told her that he’s promised her in marriage to Michael Jovich. She is then relaying the conversation and her reaction to the audience. I walked into our small house and Mama,...
September 1918: The Wolf Dog

September 1918: The Wolf Dog

During the fall of 1918, the influenza pandemic crosses the nation & reaches the mining town of Butte, Montana. I wrote about it in Beautiful Ghost. You can read the description of the flu coming to town here. The wolf dog wanders through the town where mining...
Wings Like a Prayer: The Swan Keeper

Wings Like a Prayer: The Swan Keeper

Wings like a Prayer “This Story has Wings like a prayer” is what a reviewer said of my novel, The Swan Keeper. Reading that line made me so happy. He captured exactly what I had tried to do in the book. Years ago, I read Mary Renault’s book, The King Must...
The Good Heart of Butte

The Good Heart of Butte

In January of 2020, just before the coronavirus swept the nation, the Belgrade, MT Chapter of PEO International invited me to do a presentation about my novel, Copper Sky, and the history of Butte, Montana. The fundraiser, Books and Bites, supports educational...

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