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I enjoy cooking and making healthy food for my family and, of course, sharing the recipes that are our favorites. Here is one for my yummy homemade mayo that tastes great on sandwiches, as the basis for salad dressing, along with a topping for chicken and fish. Needless to say, we are not buying store-bought […]

In a moment, the magnificent Sonoran Desert can become merciless, even deadly. I will never venture there again without following the rules. In my YA novel The Scent of Rain, as in all my books, the beautiful but sometimes treacherous southwestern desert plays a part. I’ve lived in Phoenix, Arizona for over 25 years and […]

A sizzling summer deserves a cool dessert. This tasty treat is one my family loves and because it’s so easy to make we have it often. Peach Crumble 1 – 15.25 oz. can peach chunks in heavy sauce ½ tsp. cinnamon 1½ tbsp. cornstarch ¼ cup apple juice Pour peaches into a small saucepan. Stir […]

Legends. We love them. We can’t get enough of them. In fact, we NEED them. Legends connect humanity in ways we can’t fathom. A legend, by definition is a story handed down for generations among a people and popularly believed to have a historical basis, although not verifiable. In book one of my time travel […]

Iced tea is summer’s classic drink. I thought it might be interesting to talk about the history of this popular drink before the summer slips away and also share my Nectarine Iced Tea recipe. The history of tea reaches back to 2737 B.B. when, according to Chinese legend, Emperor Shen Nong accidently discovered tea when […]

One of my favourite activities isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, although I wish more people would take it up. Once a week, I join a couple of neighbours and we go litter picking in our local area. There’s an expression in the UK – “It’s like painting the Forth Bridge.” Said bridge spans the Forth […]