Love is worth the risk
…that opposition to vaccination is nothing new. There has been fierce resistance to all forms since the process was discovered, with much debate about the dangers and benefits—as this cartoon from 1802 shows. I ran across a particularly interesting incident in the early 19th century Massachusetts in which town leaders had twelve boys vaccinated and […]
After a super productive weekend I’m facing a three coffee Monday. First of all, I’m pleased to say, I finished the edits for The Price of Glory. When I send books to the editor I always think they are perfect, but NO. Every one of them seems to have a lazy word, a crutch word […]
Highlighting Historical Fiction with Camille Regholec The spark for this book series came after I moved to the small, sleepy hamlet of Summitville in the Catskill Hudson area of New York. I began attending a little country church, most parishioners were elderly, long time members of the community. This church had a strange custom. One […]
Vaccines are on my mind—I just got my second dose of Moderna two days ago. I didn’t set out to write about vaccination programs when I first conceived The Price of Glory three years ago. Even when my hakima (female healer) took shape and I realized that vaccination was a vital part of the work […]
As the psalmist says, joy cometh in the morning. The sun is shining, the temperature is rising at last, my Lent roses have bloomed, the daffodils look ready, my weight watchers program is working (good bye COVID weight), I’m scheduled for COVID shot #2 today, and I have The Price of Glory back from the […]