Solstice of Sorrow

My youngest daughter Alexis had her first book published!! 

My husband Bill and I received our first addition copy on our Anniversary, such a wonderful surprise! 

We're so proud of her, congrats Alexis Elizabeth

You can purchase her book on Amazon and it's also now available on Kindle.

Baltimore, Maryland and Edgar Allan Poe

Poe's Grave

Baltimore and Poe

I have always been fascinated by what drove certain authors to write what they did, or where they were living at the time of writing such great works.  I have toured a few famous authors’ homes or “chased an author” as I call it, including Washington Irving’s Sunnyside in New York. 

And we recently started a book club and along with reading books from all different genres, we also sometimes take field trips related to the current book we're reading.

For August we read two tales and one poem by Edgar Allan Poe (or more if we were so inclined). I grew up on Poe and loved his stories of lost love, terror, suspense, and horror.