I get excited about Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Turner holiday traditions are locked in stone. The day before, I brine the turkey, and Leticia, my housekeeper, makes casseroles. On the “feast day,” I put the turkey in the oven, and Leticia prepares the side-meat dishes (leg of lamb and prime rib or ham), the stuffing

Let me introduce you to “Amore in Tuscany,.”one of my two unpublished books. Depending on timely getting agents and publishers, they may be on the bookshelves next year. For part of ten years, I traveled the villages, hills, and valleys of Italy. I loved the country’s people, history, art, Italian cuisine, and wine. I was

Do you miss stories about a boy in small town America during the 1930 era? Maybe the Tom Sawyer or Huckleberry Finn kind of stories? Well, maybe my latest book, Arcadia will fill the void.   In this story, I have re-lived my upbringing in the 1930s. While researching material for this book, I realized

  This story started in a desolate weather station in the Antarctic where four-year-old Mikea wrote a letter to Santa Claus. In her letter, she explained that she was lonely because there were no children in the North and where she lived. Mikea asked for only one gift for Christmas: she wanted to spend an

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