What’s My NaNo: Snow in the Valley of Men

------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For nearly 50 years, it’s been winter on the border of human and fey lands. After a mysterious plague of dark magic drew the fey into oblivion, humankind has been left to fend for itself on the border between the two worlds as Magic-Touched creatures spill over the unprotected border of the two lands,…

For it is Scottish blood within my veins – travel diary

“I feel a sort of reverence in going over these scenes in this most beautiful country, which I am proud to call my own, where there was such devoted loyalty to the family of my ancestors – for Stuart blood is in my veins.” Queen Victoria, journal entry in 1873 It's been a few years…

The arrival of hurricanes

Hurricane Michael is not even a year behind us, and Florida is once more bracing for the impact of another storm. In October of last year, Hurricane Michael struck the Florida Panhandle with a rage and wrath that will be documented in the books as one of the worst hurricanes in Florida's history. As the…

The magic of the good old days

There was no shade from the hot sun, with the exception of the occasional clouds (dark and threatening) that blew between us and the solar body who lights up our days. The forecast had been predicting all day of “scattered thunderstorms” and we joked while plucking blueberries from the bushes, that a little rain right…