As my children have gotten older, one of the new traditions we have during the holidays is the drive out to Idaho to take them back to college. Since we have family in Idaho and Utah, we take this opportunity to meet with them and catch up. We have been lucky enough, in the last…
Year: 2016
The Delivery
The night was bitterly cold and the wind whipped across the plains with the hint of frost and snow. “Of course it’s cold,” the farmer muttered as he knelt in the straw. “Seems like that’s the only time these sheep have problems with lambing.” The young ewe looked up at the man kneeling next to…
New Release – A Mary O’Reilly Christmas Short Story
To All A Good Night – A Mary O’Reilly Series Short Story It’s Mary O’Reilly’s first Christmas in Freeport and she’s stranded by a snowstorm, so she can’t make it home to Chicago for the holidays. During the storm she learns the true meaning of Christmas with the help of her new friends, Stanley and…
Snowy Drives
This weekend, we are supposed to receive about three to six inches of snow, and more snow is supposed to fall later in the week, which is really just life in the Midwest. But there’s a loneliness and a stillness that surrounds you when you are driving at night in the country past snow-covered fields….
Loving My Library
One of the coolest things about being an author are the OTHER COOL AUTHORS you get to meet!!! Ann Charles is an author I not only admire, but I REALLY like her too!!! She’s funny and talented and generous… And that’s what this post is all about. Ann invited me to be part of her…
The 12 Days Before Christmas
To celebrate this wonderful season, I’m offering several of my stories for FREE. I hope you enjoy them and let your friends know about them! For the first FIVE days before Christmas – Dec 13 – Dec. 17, enjoy the short story – The Three Wise Guides (A Mary O’Reilly Short Story) Mary O’Reilly…
Window Shopping
Emmet Kryndle was a businessman. That was what he considered himself when it came down to it. He counted the bills and the coins in the till and sharply closed the drawer on the brass National Cash Register that sat atop the wooden counter of the Mercantile. He looked straight ahead, he didn’t want to…
Freaky Friday Christmas Stories
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. There’ll be scary ghost stories and tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago. Christmas and ghost stories go together like peanut butter and jelly or Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim. So, for the next few Freaky Fridays – we’re going to share Christmastime Ghost stories….
Happy Almost December
Hi! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I did, and I’ve spent a couple of days at the gym just to get over it. I have some exciting news! First – I just published my very first children’s book. It’s called – My Neighbor’s A Vampire – and it’s about having tolerance and…
Freaky Friday – Black Friday!
Freaky Friday – Black Friday! What a great combination!!! So, in honor of the retail holiday, I’ll share with you a few ghostly encounters in your favorite retail haunts. In Panorama City, CA, a local Wal-Mart is the permanent home of a young woman killed in an elevator accident. The ghost appears on the third…