Here’s a topic of discussion that turns up every year at Thanksgiving. Do you and your family eat cranberry jelly with turkey? If so, do you buy it in the can? If so – this is the real question – do you slip it from the can so that it’s displayed in the shape of…

It’s turkey day here in Canada. The bird is almost ready to go and the table is set. The weather is beautiful – the leaves are just starting to change and it’s supposed to be a sunny day. This is going to be fun. So, wherever you are, take a moment and think of five…

This weekend, I made a peach pie. I don’t think I’ve ever eaten a peach pie. My family doesn’t make peach pies. We make pies of all kinds of berries and of apples and rhubarb, but not of peaches. We make raisin pie and mincemeat pie, but not peach pie. I’m not sure why. Last…

I moved the list of upcoming signings and workshops here to the blog. You can see it in the side panel there – My Booksignings & Workshops. Hmm. I’m starting to feel organized. Think it’ll last?

If you collected Tolkien calendars in the late 1970’s – unlike anyone we know – you’ll know the work of the Brothers Hildebrandt. If not, go ogle. Nothing like a little dragon fire on a Monday morning!