

COME WITH ME TO THE CHARIOT RACES
Come with me. I’ve gone many times. We have twelve or more races in the hippodrome almost once a week, namely on every holiday, festival,...


Welcome Sparkle Abbey!
I’m so excited to welcome Sparkle Abbey to my website and publish the interview I had with them on the upcoming release of Raiders of the...


Have you taken a walk on today’s Canopic Way?
I spoke on the morning of March 8th at Woodland Pond, New Paltz, NY for an event sponsored by LLI [Lifetime Learning Institute]. The...


Did I hear a gasp?
I gasped when I entered the vaulted reading room, the Library’s largest and airiest hall. The beams of sunlight streaming through its...


Crocodile Dung Anyone?
Apothecary is the obsolete term for the modern pharmacist or the retail shop of the pharmacist. In addition to dispensing medicines and...


Which is worse, the cure or the disease?
An asclepion is a spa-like temple dedicated to Asclepius, the Greek god of health and medicine. This asclepion built in 357 BCE on the...


THE MYSTERY OF NANCY DREW
So many of you have told me how much you enjoyed the Nancy Drew mysteries, so much so that you’ve credited them with fostering your love...

MY LIFE OF CRIME
I began my life of crime at the age of eight when I started reading the original version of the first Nancy Drew mystery, The Secret of...


INSPIRATION AND LEMONADE:
Let me introduce you to a favorite author of mine, Vicki Hinze, whose series, the Seascape Novels, blends the paranormal with mystery and...


THE PLAYFUL PAN
The playful Pan, with the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat, is the Ancient Greek god of Nature, goats, rustic music, shepherds,...