5th in a series about "My Newfoundland" - when a forest fire fails to dampen a dream...when a forest forest fails to dampen a dream. As...

#4 in a series of posts called "My Newfoundland". I usually visit my native province each August but this year the Canada-US border is...

Part 3 in a series about "My Newfoundland". We were happy enough camping in Catamaran Park but Dad had a vision. He was determined to...

Part 2 in a series of posts called My Newfoundland. In my first post did I mention that many of my stories are decades old? Every so...

August in Newfoundland - a tradition I didn’t mean to break. In the forty-two years since I’ve lived in the U.S., Vince and I have made...

Today is Memorial Day 2020, Day#1 of the 7th Annual 100 Days of the Blue Mind Challenge. “What is Blue Mind?” you ask. “And what is the...

In the midst of the sorrowful losses of this Covid-19 season, one particular group has been called upon to exhibit grace in a challenging...

Wood, Wire and Wings: Emma Lillian Todd Invents an Airplane is a lyrical tale about both the challenges and joys of turning ideas into...

These unprecedented times have inspired many questions about microbes and viruses. I’ve gathered a few children’s books that will inform...

Dawn Sky. Sunshine. Daybreak fog. Dissipating droplets… Too miniscule to flaunt colors. Reflecting white light - A fogbow! Coastal Joy....

How can you lie so still and silent, seemingly content... when all the world cries muffled tears from open-ended viral fears? "Be still,"...

My most memorable moment from last year came upon me rather unexpectedly, and I imagine that it will stay with me for the rest of my...

They were smiling at me from two houses ago. While transitioning Diane’s Lake Winola bedroom into my new writing space I came across an...

B r e a t h e Just take a moment to inhale slowly…hold…and let it out. Then exhale just a little longer. My word for 2020 is already...

With the Goldfinch movie being released this weekend, I couldn't help but post this segment from my (as yet unpublished) historical...

How could an uneducated 17th century cloth merchant become the Father of Microbiology? And why should children read about him? A few...

Once a teacher always a teacher. Five years into my retirement I still succumb to June’s academic reflections. For 2018-19 two...

A good deal of my writing has been informed by the online writing community. Whether through one of my writerly Facebook groups or from a...

On the eve of a honeymoon trip that never takes place, Daniel Rufer’s health takes a shocking turn. His debut memoire, Disconjugate Gaze,...

2019 –The number itself seems tucked under the chin of 2020. Such placement makes me think it’ll hurry along. And since it’s not a leap...