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...
Counted Blessings: Thoughts Of My Mother

Counted Blessings: Thoughts Of My Mother

At my second wedding, a guest asked my mother if she cried. My mother wore her oxygen tank over a champagne-colored dress. Her lungs filled with fluid. She moved slowly and with caution. “How could I cry when she looks so happy?” she said. As she was too sick to...

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