5 Unique Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas

We are almost in February. Valentine's Day is only a couple of weeks away. Happy Valentine's Day! Like most people, you will take your loved one out for a good meal, buy flowers, and eat chocolates. But, if you want to get a little crazy and your loved one isn't interested in snowboards, skateboards, or …

5 Outrageous Ideas to Soothe Your Cabin Fever

We are in January. Spring begins in two months, and Daylight Savings is weeks away. And as all Live Free of Die staters know, Spring sometimes is just another word for “Second Winter” with more snow, ice, cold, and wet weather. So what do you do if you live on the NH Seacoast and can’t …

TOP 10 HOME GYM ESSENTIALS

When I moved from downtown Portsmouth, NH, to the Bear Brook State Park area of Allenstown, NH, the nearest movie theatre, gyms, and grocery stores were all an excellent thirty-minute drive from my new home. I knew I’d need a home gym because I could not drive in treacherous conditions to a gym. I also …

LUNATION – BOOK LAUNCH

I am reading my poem from Lunation: An Anthology of 114 Women Poets at the Book Launch on Friday, March 8th, at the South Church in Portsmouth, NH. Photo Credit: Crystal Paradis

POETS IN THE PARK – WOMEN READING WOMEN SERIES

I am reading a couple of poems by Lydia Davis at Prescott Park on August 10th as part of the Poets in the Park “Women Reading Women” Series. My first time reading in front of hundreds of people in a public setting. Thank you to our wonderful community for the positive support and encouragement! I’m …

LAST-MINUTE HOLIDAY GIFT RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LOCAL INDIE BOOKSELLERS!

Today is Friday, December 23, 2016. For some, this means they will begin their holiday shopping this evening when the crowds and lines are less busy, and they are less likely to have the noise of screaming babies and high-pitched shrieks followed by laughter from teens surrounding them. If you fall into this “last minute” shopper …

PORTSMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY – LOCAL AUTHORS FAIR

I am reading a few poems from Metempsychosis: Poems at The Portsmouth Public Library on November 5th. I was a featured author at their second annual Local Author's Day! Photo Credit: Dan Szczensny

FOURTH ANNUAL SUMMER VACATION READING RECOMMENDATIONS.

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald If you’ve been following my blog, then you know that I figured this would be a …

THE LIBRARY IS FREE. LIFT TICKETS ARE NOT.

“Until this point, Tiffany had assumed that abusers… must live in denial. If not, how could they go on? How could you hurt or degrade a person when you were fully cognisant of what you were doing? Well, it turned out you could…” ― Stephen King If you’ve been following my blog, I figured this would …

THIRD ANNUAL SUMMER VACATION READING RECOMMENDATIONS!

“I know I am, but summer to your heart and not the full four seasons of the year.”― Edna St. Vincent Millay If you’ve been following my blog, then you know that I figured this would be a great place to list all of the books that I read from 2013 to the present, I have broken …