You Tube algorithms know me well. A few weeks ago, they suggested a metal detector video. Within hours, I’d dipped my toes into the world of treasure hunting with some young men scoping a Victorian yard in Kansas, a Southerner searching a Civil War site and a hiker from New Hampshire braving swamps and underbrush to locate a 1600s cellar …
I love these washed-up bits of history
I can’t tell you when I got the sea glass bug. Well no, maybe I can. The year was 2002, when I read the Anita Shreve’s novel, Sea Glass. The historical romance focused on Honora Beecher, a young bride, and her husband starting out life amidst 1920s moral turmoil, of bad judgement and how their fragmented life is mirrored by …
A full-circle tour
Thanks to everyone to turned out at my readings and supported my first book tour to Virginia, Pennsylvania and Delaware. It was exciting to read as part of a short story panel at the Virginia Festival for the Book. This event, in its 18th year, is the largest in the region, drawing thousands of readers and select writers to share …