Spring is the busiest time of the year.  Everyone around here is getting ready for the summer tourist season. I'm cleaning out, painting the deck furniture, raking leaves, sprucing up the flower beds, trying to keep up with grandchildren, and writing in my spare time. I like a routine, stretching, walking the dog, and unless there are appointments, lose myself in another book. Although I read daily, afternoon and evening, I mean I get to write that book. I write as soon as I can get to the computer. I've begun another adventure, going back in time to 1938. Watch for the Crows is the title. There will be fishermen, some history about the town, some fun, maybe romance, but the main thrust is the murder.  James Crowley is back. I realize now that this fantasy man of mine is a cross between David Dutra and Tom Selleck. He's the town cop, the man who solves mysteries, and the man of my dreams. Visit Provincetown before WWII, when a telephone operator knew where your mother was, when cars were were just beginning to crowd the narrow streets during the summer months, when people spent their leisure time listening to the radio, when the country was coming out of a great depression, and when war on the other side of the world was hardly noticed by most Americans. It takes time to write a story.  It has to have a good beginning, an interesting middle, and a surprise ending, and as with the adventures I've had throughout my life, I'll keep the faith.  For faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

I want to invite everyone to the Truro Library on May 14, 2019 at 6:30 for a meet and greet. I will be speaking about adventure and how I came to write.  The adventures in my life have taken me to mountain tops in Mexico, the Pyramids of Giza, the Monasteries of Metore in Greece, but some of my best adventures were with my husband onboard the F/V Richard & Arnold. Adventure comes in many forms. Reading can take you on an adventure and writing is where my imagination takes me when I let go. It is my adventure. Wishing you the best and fair winds.