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I am beyond frustrated! Last month, my publisher's Amazon account was compromised. Since then, their books on Amazon have disappeared, been made unavailable, or have outrageous prices slapped upon them. "The Aquamarine Necklace" is one of these books. The kindle version has disappeared, and the paperback version is priced unreasonably. I am so sorry if you've been looking to purchase the book from Amazon. On a positive note, it is still available on line through most booksto

Late breaking update: I am going to post my blog, as originally written. However, tragic circumstances at BWL (my publisher for the Janice Maidstone Mystery series) have pushed back the publication date for "What Love Made Us Do". Judith Pittman, the driving force behind BWL passed away just a few weeks ago. The company is reeling with her loss, and is temporarily suspending their publication schedule to adjust and re-organize. I will provide updates to the publication sched

BLOOD Before I get to the main topic of my blog this month, I’m going to start off with some “late breaking news” about our nearest space neighbour again. Chris DeWeese, Senior Editorial Writer for The Weather Channel wrote this: “Thanks to new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), NASA announced that the moon will be spared from what could have been a very explosive run-in with a “city-killer” asteroid in 2032. This new data suggests that, instead, astero

CHANGE The bi-annual kerfuffle over the time change has me thinking about how I react to change. The Greek philosopher Heraclitus from the city of Ephesus (photo of the ruins at Ephesus) said that “no man ever steps in the same river twice”. In other words, our lives are characterized by constant change. So, if the nature of life and my reality is in constant flux, why does it so often make me uncomfortable? Walkway in the ancient city of Ephesus Though the seasonal time