Postcard for the Fourth of July
Reading L.G. Shreve’s wonderful biography of Tench Tilghman for an upcoming novel, I ran across this quote, a tribute to loyalty. “Perhaps a clue to the closeness of the relationship between […]
A cup of colonial coffee
Research can be so wearing. So many questions. So many notes. Long days. Oh the tedium. Except when you’re doing that research in Colonial Williamsburg. I returned from three days […]
American road trip: Tell me where to go
Planning a cross-country trip for next summer. Fifty Nifty United States and all that (although, I sigh, Hawaii and Alaska are off the table). So tell me, where should my […]
New Zealand through a Hobbit’s eyes
When my husband and I decided we were going to New Zealand, we were thinking of Hobbits and elves, Mordor and Gondor. I may have gotten tired of the battles […]
Book/author love in Boonsboro
I got up early on Saturday to drive the 60 miles to Boonsboro for a book signing at Turn the Pages Bookstore featuring Nora Roberts, along with bestselling authors Mary Kay […]
The unsinkable Margaret Brown
Nobody ever called Margaret Brown “Molly.” And yet that is how she will forever be known. Even at the Denver house where she lived most of her adult life. If […]
Denver’s dollar tour at the Money Museum
The Mile High City is home to a branch of the U.S. Mint so I was ready to go on a tour. How often can you see where they make […]
