Rural Wisconsin
Spirit Falls, Novel 1 in ‘The Long War’ series
Two children. One wilderness. A friendship that becomes their salvation. The Korean War rages far across the ocean, but in Michigan’s remote Upper Peninsula, six-year-old Marie-Jeanne Charbonneau walks into the...
Redemption
Soldier, Son, Father, Husband Yonder man, while his spirit was diseased, Himself had joy in his own evil plight, Though to us, who were sane, he brought distress. But now, since he has...
Wounded, Novel 2 in ‘The Long War’ series
The second novel in The Long War series A sweeping tale of exile, hope, and resilience, WOUNDED Book Two of The Long War saga. In the spring of 1960, tragedy...
Notes, North Wisconsin, 2025
Lower Pasture, Fall MERRILL Wisconsin In April (16-25, 2025), I booked a trip 'home' to Gleason, Wisconsin, as my older sister, Arlene, a resident of Pine Crest, was ill. It...
Our Town: Gleason; Our Town, Chevigny
with apologies to Thornton Wilder I am a local history buff, intrigued with the ghosts that had walked the forest trails, roads and streets where I have walked. Â In my...
A Park for all Seasons
My hometown, Merrill, Wisconsin, on the Wisconsin River, was French trapper, trader and missionary I-90/94 in the 16th. and 17th century . The region supported transient populations of French and...
Plitvice Lakes, Croatia
Gribovac, Plitvice Lakes, and a novel During the week 18-24 October 2023 Patrice and I visited Croatia’s Plitvice Lakes region to 1). take a one-week vacation and 2) to ‘ground...
Writing in France
My part of Burgundy (Côte-d'Or) is a landscape of ‘manicured’ rolling hills. The French farmers are meticulous, the crop rows straight ( three harvests a season), the hillsides dotted with...
