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In the fall of 2007, I sat down with a long-time family friend and newspaper man in my hometown of Seaford, Delaware, and we began discussing the idea of profiling many of our local war heroes. We did just that – over the course of the next 50 weeks, we dug into stories about Iwo…
I can remember sitting with my three children in the movie theater watching the very first Harry Potter movie when a particular vision came to my mind. It was of a twelve year old girl with long blond hair, bundled up in winter clothes, running excitedly down a snowy sidewalk lined with turn of the…
I was inspired to write Corrigans’ Pool by my great love of American history, especially the Civil war era in which many of my ancestors fought on both sides. I grew up listening to my paternal and maternal grandmothers’ stories, passed down from generation to generation, about life in those days. I knew early on…
Hakim and Terrance Shadow Mystery is a children’s book about a boy named Hakim, his faithful dog, Shadow, and his best friend, Terrance. Shadow disappears one day and with the help of Terrance, Hakim’s family and people from the neighborhood, Hakim and Shadow are reunited. The book depicts friendship, hope and devotion to a dog. …
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