And Christmas Eve is only four days away! Are you ready?! I've corralled most of what I need to do -- some gifts wrapped, tree half decorated, food nearly bought. Still gobs of time left for the finishing touches. In amongst all this Christmas preparations, I've...
Good Saturday morning! It promises to be another snowy, cold day here in Ottawa much like every day this past week. Just in time to put us in the Christmas spirit. Last Saturday, Don Butler and I spent the morning selling our books at the Orleans...
And that's another week in the books. Last Sunday afternoon, I took part in Crime for Christmas at the Barrhaven Legion, an event spearheaded by Peggy Blair. It was great to get together with the other authors and meet readers, many who had come out last...
Good Saturday morning. And tomorrow is the big day - Crime for Christmas will be happening at the Barrhaven Legion between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m.! Your one-stop shopping spot for mystery book stocking stuffers, not to mention delicious free goodies and a bar where you can...
Good Saturday morning, my friends. It's an overcast, freezing rain kind of week, but won't let grey November skies get us down. Today, I'm signing books at Coles Carlingwood from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. and hope you can come by and say hi. It's getting on...
Looks like winter is arriving by snowstorm tomorrow with some plummeting temperatures on Monday. We've had such a lovely long stretch of good weather that this is a huge change. Time to find the winter coat. But today, you can come out to Kichesippi Brewery in...
And just like that, we are into November! Of course, everyone in Canada is watching the Blue Jays in the World Series. No matter how it ends, the team has done Canada proud ...
How about those Jays? It's been an exciting run and not over yet! Ted and I watched the games all summer long, so we're quite invested in the team and hoping they go all the way, despite the odds. One game down and three to...
Happy crisp October morning to you. It's been a busy, social kind of week with the release of A Capital Mystery, an anthology of short stories by Ottawa authors with all the stories set in and around Ottawa. The book has received terrific reviews and...