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The Major’s Daughter will be released this Tuesday, July 29th.  I’m excited.  It’s a new field for me….historical fiction.  I hope the novel finds its readership.  Publishing is very different now than when I first began.  My first novel, The … Continue reading →

I’ve been reading Cabin by Lou Ureneck and enjoying it very much.  I’m a sucker for cabin stories.  Get a parcel of land, add a little elbow grease, and you have a house….and you have me as a reader  I’ve … Continue reading →

Love this site….great documentaries and features on women’s contributions….use it with my students all the time… MAKERS: Women Who Make America tells the remarkable story of the most sweeping social revolution in American history, as women have asserted their rights to a full … Continue reading →

FEATURE The White Pages By Danny Heitman | HUMANITIES, January/February 2014 | Volume 35, Number 1 + Click on image to enlarge. E. B. White, essayist and writer for the New Yorker, engaged his readers, old and young, with his wry and trenchant … Continue reading →

I heartily recommend this short film about the life span of the 17 year cicada.  It’s by Samuel Orr and it is worth every moment.  You wouldn’t think such a film could be moving….but you’d be wrong, I promise.   … Continue reading →

I always thought these flying suits are terrific.  I am mesmerized by any base jump.  Take a look. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/29...    

I used to write now and then for the Valley News, a paper in Vermont.  Here’s an article I wrote about sledding.  It’s prompted by the cold weather we’ve had here in New Hampshire these past few days…. Sledding by … Continue reading →