Fact, Fiction & Truth: the perils and joys of writing religious fiction
“You cannot make God a fairytale!” declared the woman in the second row, her face blotchy with outrage. “The Blessed Mother and Mary Magdalen are holy people. They would never […]
The Roses are Remembered: Land Songs
June 25th marked a year since Douglas and I moved from our house in the woods to High Valley The last time I posted here, I wrote about feeling overwhelmed […]
The Wild Edge: Pondering Succession
The sun has moved far enough to the north that early light now finds the far end of the pond. In early Fall, I’d left this spot for warm sunny […]
Jezebel and Me–and You: A post by Maeve
The infamous Jezebel, a Phoenician princess who married King Ahab of Israel, lived more than 800 years before my time, so we never got a chance to hang out. If […]
Blessings of the Night
I have written here before about my love affair with dawn, my tracking of sunrise as it rolls along the horizon from north to south and now back again, almost […]
BIFF: A Message from Both of Us
Maeve Rhuad: The completion of The Maeve Chronicles has been quite an adjustment for both Eliz and me after working together and living in each other’s imaginations for so many […]
Six Months of Sunrise: Joyous Feasts of Light
Six months ago come Christmas Day my husband and I moved from our house in the woods in the fold of a stream valley to High Valley. Because of the […]
WTFWMD?! Celebrating Red-Robed Priestess Publication
Here I am (Maeve, that is) as promised, celebrating the official publication date by answering the questions you’ve posed regarding WTFWMD. First a note about Eliz. She has just put […]
Following the Sun: Earth Science 101
For twenty-six years I lived in a house with a hill to the south and east. Most times of the year by the time I saw the sun, it had […]
Stranger in a Familiar Land
Of course High Valley is familiar. My first stay was a two week stint at High Valley’s summer camp at age eleven. I was warned then to “stay away from Olga’s […]