New Anthology – don’t tell: Family Secrets
Hello my Reader Friends! Happy (almost) Springtime! The Earth is alive and sending up shoots here on the west coast – snowdrops and crocus, with the promise of daffodils and tulips soon to bloom. That is, Persephone is on her way back from the Underworld, and her...
Pomegranate Opera
Hi Everyone, Hope you’ve had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. Now we move through Fall into Winter, with a new season of Opera, Film, Books and Theatre! As many of you know, Kye Marshall and I have been working on “Pomegranate” since 2014 when we presented a...
Creativity & the Compost Pile
On Sunday afternoons I listen to Eleanor Wachtel’s Writers & Company. Recently she interviewed a Turkish/American writer, Alif Batuman, author of The Idiot, The Possessed, and Either Or. The topic of “mental illness” came up during their discussion, as it does so...
Best Books on Human Relations in the Altered Reality of Wartime
Hello Friends and Readers, I was approached by Shepherd.com, a new website with a fresh approach to providing Readers with information about books they might like to read, and helping Authors at the same time. In short, my recent novel – Mad Hatter – is featured,...
Development Of Pomegranate Opera
Last week the Canadian Opera Company announced their 2022/23 Season. Kye Marshall and I are absolutely thrilled with the news! Our opera Pomegranate is in the lineup, scheduled for production June 2-4, 2023 in Toronto, followed by a tour to Vancouver and possibly...
Havana International Book Fair 2022
Hi Everyone! Happy Springtime wherever you are. Here on Hornby Island, I have 85 tulips blooming, and 3 rhododendrons in full bloom so far, with the garden showing plenty of promise, especially from the rose bushes, and garlic bed. Cuba is always on my mind, and now...
The Afterlife
Feb 7th was my mother’s birthday. She died 14 years ago, just before her 93rd birthday. I think of her every day, and light a candle for her most evenings as darkness draws in, especially in winter during the dreamtime. She enters my dreams frequently, along with the...