English countryside
When Amelia traveled, the roses in England were in bloom.
Romance * Mystery * Reflections
The occasional housewife at home
A photo of red poppies taken when visiting Southern Europe some years ago
I love our golden poppies of Northern California, but sometimes I wish we could have the red poppies that grow abundantly in Southern Europe! I’m not sure if… Read More
My husband and I spent four nights by the sea recently and it was just the little “get away” that we needed to feel refreshed, enabling our creative… Read More
In my first novel, AMELIA, my protagonist, Amelia, lives in a rural part of England where thatched roof cottages sit back from narrow country roads. When my husband… Read More
I am excited to be writing a new novel, my third. This will be a romantic mystery set in the 1950s. I can’t tell you any more as… Read More
When I need a friend and no one’s around I go to my garden and play in the ground I visit my friends, Johnny-jump up and Sue I… Read More