Welcome
Thanks for joining me.
Books have surrounded me since I can remember. Words and stories helped a little girl living an itinerant life adjust to new places and, as an adult, helped stoke a curiosity about different countries, cultures and customs. Buildings fascinate me, triggering questions about the people who walked their halls: a coral stone wall built by the enslaved in the Danish West Indies; a monolithic church carved out of rock by Benedictine monks in the 12th century at Aubeterre-sur-Dronne in France; a bamboo hut with a coconut leaf roof. All have a story. And maps, drawers and cobweb-covered trunks hold clues to the lives of people who came before us. I'm often asked what I like to read so a review page is coming soon. I love book clubs, not only speaking at them, but being a part of one as it makes me read something that might otherwise pass me by. I hope my books will take you to faraway places, sometimes in faraway times, because wherever I call home, it is always about the people. Now and then! Enjoy, Apple |