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Funny Friday – The Great Dane

Funny Friday – The Great Dane

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Photo from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Borge To be honest, today’s blog would fit equally well for either Funny Friday or Tuesday Tunes. My subject today is the inimitable Victor Borge, also known as “The Clown Prince of Denmark” and “The Unmelancholy Dane”. I remember crowding around the television to watch him on The Ed Sullivan Show whenever he was scheduled to appear. His routine, that of a bumbling and confused musician of limited talent, always brought plenty of laughs as he fumbled his…

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Trivia Thursday-Regency Fun and Games

Trivia Thursday-Regency Fun and Games

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1787, Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts (GMII): Image in the public domain. Wikimedia Next Monday is Family Day here in Alberta and in keeping with the spirit of that holiday, I thought I’d present a few of the games children played in England during the Regency period. Although the names are different, the games these youngsters played are similar to what I and my friends found to amuse ourselves. Games like skipping rope and spinning tops were popular…

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What’s Up Wednesday – Only Exceedingly Shy

What’s Up Wednesday – Only Exceedingly Shy

For my post today I thought I would return to the tried and true that everyone seems to enjoy–and excerpt! It’s been a while since I’ve posted an excerpt, so here goes. Only Exceedingly Shy, as the astute among you might have already realized, is a reference to Georgiana Darcy. Jane, having realized that Elizabeth’s observations of the Bingley sisters are correct, convinces Elizabeth to go to London with the Gardiners instead of going herself. While there, Mr. Darcy chances…

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Funny Friday—The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Funny Friday—The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Today I want to talk about Douglas Adams’ science fiction masterpiece, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. I discovered the novel a few years after its publication and fell in love with his irreverent and quirky sense of humor. I cannot remember where or when I found this book, but what I do remember is the strange looks my wife gave me as I giggled and chortled my way through it. Yes, it is classed as science fiction, but the plot is…

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What’s Up Wednesday – I’m Glad That’s Over!

What’s Up Wednesday – I’m Glad That’s Over!

Writing is not an easy business. As with anything, it takes practice and dedication to improving one’s skill, and while I can not speak for other authors, I am always finding something new I’m doing wrong, things that I can do better, or habits in my writing that I try to avoid. Creative writing can be a completely different beast altogether. While a certain measure of research goes into any writing, much of creative writing comes from within. One thing…

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A Glimmer of Gold – Victoria Day in Canada

A Glimmer of Gold – Victoria Day in Canada

Today was Victoria Day here in Canada, or as I and my high school friends always called it, May Two-Four. It was named in honor of England’s Queen Victoria and has been observed in this country since 1845, originally on her birthday, which was May 24, hence the nickname, although now it is always on the Monday immediately preceding May 25. The holiday is a federal statutory holiday, as well as a holiday in six of the country’s 10 provinces…

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The thrilling conclusion to series!

The thrilling conclusion to series!

Book six of the Elizabeth Said, Darcy Said series is now available on Amazon.   An argument with Miss Elizabeth convinces Darcy to end his courtship and that it is time for him to return to his Pemberley estate where his sister misses him terribly. When he arrives, however, Georgiana wants to know all the details about the woman he described in his letters and does not believe his claims that she no longer holds any attraction for him. She…

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Spring, glorious Spring!

Spring, glorious Spring!

Welcome to my favorite season, which this year begins March 20. Anyone who knows me is aware of my dislike, bordering on hatred, for winter.  Those months are depressing, with their colder temperatures and limited sunlight, but I think it’s the snow  that bothers me the most, probably because it needs the cold to exist. I’ve often said I might enjoy playing in the stuff if I could do it at 70° or 80° outside (that’s 21° or 27° Celsius)….

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What’s up Wednesday? An excerpt and cover reveal.

What’s up Wednesday? An excerpt and cover reveal.

Those familiar with my  work know that I have spent the last seven or eight months writing the Elizabeth Said, Darcy Said series. I have finally come to book six, which is the dramatic finish to this saga. As a reward to those who have read these stories, I offer an excerpt, where Darcy and his companions have arrived at Longbourn to find the manor in turmoil because Lydia has run off with Wickham in the middle of the night. Mr….

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