31 December 2022

The launch of Woman On The Wall in 2022 turned out to be one of the most exciting and memorable moments of my life. As a mid-life debut author, it is truly all about sticking with dreams. When I first started out writing I was, seriously, terrible. Even ten years ago, still terrible. Today, better,…

28 October 2022

A bunch of my friends asked me this week about solo travel advice for women since I often travel by myself. Traveling solo as a woman of a certain vintage is a unique experience. There are many points in a woman’s life where traveling alone may seem depressing or scary. Not in your 50s. It…

17 October 2022

Creating community these last few days in Amboise has been absolutely soul filling. From meeting with Mark and Pamela to touring places I fell in love with long ago, the moments have transformed France and the Loire Valley. It shifted from a place that I fell in love with and wrote into a novel into…

14 October 2022

I had a minute today when the magic of the moment occurred to me. Three years ago, I thought I was just passing through Saumur, France as a quick stop on the route to Fontevraud. I had nothing more than the beginnings of ideas for a novel. Now, I stand here in Saumur at the…