It’s July in Exeter, NH, and that means the annual American Independence Festival is about to begin. Due to Covid, this year it is on three weekends instead of the usual packed crowds jammed into one weekend. This year they are adding in more about the soldiers of African descent. Nice! This spring, I hadContinue reading “Summer Gifts”
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Juneteenth 2021 at the “park”
There was an art installation…one day only. Experience it here: Listen to a public discussion (from Feb 2021) about the pocket-park proposal:
Juneteenth 2021 at the “park”
There was an art installation…one day only. Experience it here: Listen to a public discussion (from Feb 2021) about the pocket-park proposal:
Roses for Rebecca
Today, Mother’s Day, after nearly 100 years, Rebecca Walker got a headstone on her gravesite in the Exeter cemetery. She was a what we call the “working poor” and a single mom. Perhaps you can relate? But – and this is a big but – she divorced her husband in 1897! Wow; was that evenContinue reading “Roses for Rebecca”
Women’s History Month Arrival
Book #3 “Incident at Exeter Depot” in stores March 20th! Finally!! Exeter residents (and beyond) have been learning some hidden history of their town by reading the first two books in this historical-fiction mystery series, and now the series is complete. In the newest cozy-caper, you will be introduced to Black entrepreneur, John Garrison Cutler,Continue reading “Women’s History Month Arrival”
Black Herstory Month
What do Martin Luther King Jr., Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman have in common? As far as we know, none of them have ever set foot in Exeter, NH. Yet, every February during Black History month, we study them in our schools, sing their favorite hymns in our churches, and recognize them on the televisionsContinue reading “Black Herstory Month”
Solstice 2020: taking the show on the road!
Happy Holidays to all! In this dark and quiet time near the Winter Solstice, who wouldn’t enjoy the bright company of friends for an hour – even if online? I offer to you the opportunity to Zoom-host a local-mystery author in your circle of friends or book group. That’s right: you, me, your friends, (andContinue reading “Solstice 2020: taking the show on the road!”
Rightfully Hers: Happy 100th to the Suffs!
This August marks the 100th anniversary of the “Women’s Vote” win that was an epic 72-year struggle, spanning two generations of women. Elizabeth Cady-Stanton kicked it off by writing the “Declaration of Sentiments” in 1848 in Seneca Falls, NY, before her daughter Harriot Stanton-Blatch was even born. In 1902 the mom died (at 86 yearsContinue reading “Rightfully Hers: Happy 100th to the Suffs!”
Book Launch (in social isolation)
At the very beginning of social isolation, the local paper called me to write a story about what one does when your book launch gets swallowed up by the virus. Here is a link to the article: https://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20200409/incident-at-exeter-tavern-author-launches-new-book-in-self-isolation Two months have passed, and I have spent the cold, rainy, and isolated spring of 2020 writingContinue reading “Book Launch (in social isolation)”
You Must Be The One To Write It
If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write it. ~ Toni Morrison “Toni Morrison – The Pieces I Am”, a 2019 documentary, was offered as a selection on a recent flight I took aboard American Airlines. I had heard aboutContinue reading “You Must Be The One To Write It”
