Margaret's Blog
On my bookshelf is a 50-year-old cookbook. Its pages are falling out of its ring-bound cover, and some of the pages are stained and ripped as if a toddler had…
The population of Ireland is tiny relative to other countries. In 2022, it numbered just over five million people.*
Camilla, my caterer heroine in Lipstick on the Strawberry, has her orders full for Valentine’s Day.
One of my favorite gifts this Christmas was a calendar. A wall calendar called “Backyard Foraging.” Hostas, dandelions, lilac, and daylily are among the plants common to many a garden.
February, the shortest month of the year starts at midnight. Groundhog Day, which heralds the end of winter in the Northeast, is February 2nd.
January 16th is the birthday of a son of mine. He is lucky to have a public holiday on his birthday, and for that, we thank Martin Luther King.
The gifts have been given, the givers thanked, and the house restored to order. It is the start of the New Year. As always for me, the start of a new…
When you see a map of Massachusetts colored in bright orange, this is not a cute reference to the coming blaze of autumn leaves. No, the fiery shade refers to…
Have you heard of the Page 69 test? Nor had I. But it is, apparently, a quick test of a novel. I have decided that if a book does not…
My book group is reading a fascinating non-fiction book this month. It is The Treeline by Ben Rawlence. ( See review elsewhere on this website.) If I was interested in…
Summertime is upon us – and a great time to sit back and do some reading. I am delighted that Joyous Lies has been chosen as a finalist in the…
I did not know what “Women’s Fiction” was when I started writing it. What I knew was that I preferred books written by women, because their protagonists were people I…