Happy 4th of July, everyone! I hope you all will be celebrating the founding of this great country with friends and family. Lots of food and fun and fireworks, included. I don't know if any of you like to camp, but Hubby and I go camping 3 times during the summer with our children and grandkids. We are blessed here in upstate New York with some beautiful campgrounds. This past weekend, we camped at Ausable Point Campground. The weather was beautiful, and the beach equally so. Next will be...

It's supposed to be Spring here in upstate New York, or so I imagine, but it's been a tease this year. One day in the 70's and the next in the 50s. The other day, I caught a male duck and his lady friend taking a stroll on my pool cover. I wonder if they were hoping for the temperature to be a bit warmer, not that I want them splashing in my pool. My latest book, Muskets, Mutts and Murder, has a bit of local history included. Like many areas in our great country, and I'm sure yours included,...

Hopefully, Spring is coming. I don't know about you, but I am really, really tired of winter weather. But on the good news front, my newest Samantha Davies Mystery, Muskets, Mutts and Murder, will be released this Thursday, March 26th. This book has a little history thrown in. Like many areas of the country, upstate New York was the scene of a lot of our country's history. At Fort William Henry, a battle took place during the French and Indian War. Every year, the fort holds reenactments of...