There’s the real world… …and then there are our worlds, secret, wild, and free. We can’t remember when we first noticed magic. Oh, sure. When we were kids, we played pretend and imagined we were powerful sorcerers, clever tricksters, and subtle witches. But then we got older, and we told everyone that we’d grown up…
Spring is here, my crabapples are blooming, and I’m fully vaccinated and on Saturday got to visit with my family in person and without a mask for the first time in over a year! 🙂 Since my last post Jasper had surgery, which was stressful and scary—but it went amazingly well! He had a mass…
My latest short story, “The Wishing Thorn,” is now available in the Once Upon a Wish anthology! Anthea Sharp put together this wonderful collection. And I love the cover, which was designed by Christine Pope. I based my story on the folklore of the blackthorn, the tree known as the “wishing thorn.” There are many…