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Mad, Bad, and in Venice

Highlighting Historical Romance this week over Christmas in Venice. Romance stories come together in a variety of ways, an astounding alchemy of life experience, reading, fantasy, and, in my case, history and travel. I do know you can’t force it. The stories just bubble up once I drop enough elements into the caldron. A good […]

Christmas is a’Comin’

Once again grey clouds hang over the urban wilds and the temptation to give into an equally grey funk is strong, but we bought Christmas lights this morning, and I have stories on my mind. Harry and Rosemarie, when last seen in Roses in Picardy, were wrapped in each other’s arms on Christmas Eve 1916 […]

Befuddled morning

Monday winked open foggy and dark here, and I’m feeling about the same, facing a week with much to do… I got about that far and went blank. Then I tried to log in here to post and ran into a wall. I just spent the morning trying to reset my password, a task greatly […]

Do Film and TV Producers So Their Historical Homework?

Highlighting Historical Romance with Cerise DeLand Have you watched the BBC/Netflix series Bodyguard? If so, you’ve seen the Home Secretary pull up to the home of the Prime Minister.  Later they ID it as Chequers, once the home of Winston Churchill, now the PM’s. Well! This one in the show is not the real Chequers! No! […]

Sunshine

Yes, I mean Good Day Sunshine. The Beatles had it right. I need to laugh, and when the sun is out I’ve got something I can laugh about, I feel good,. I know this because the opposite is true, and last week we had five days of dark, dreary rain. UGH. I went into a […]