Peg's Blog for Authors and Others

  Do you make New Year's Resolutions? If you do, how does it work for you? I'm one of those who gave up after years of fine resolutions and less than fine implementations. Now, when pressed for a resolution, my favorite is, "I resolve to include dark chocolate in my diet regularly." This meets th...

Like others, we decided to make it a low-key, home-made holiday. Family and friends for a small but delicious dinner, dessert consisting of a platter filled with cookies, brownies, and fudge. The sofa got a good workout as people relaxed and snoozed in the late afternoon. Still time to enjoy the...

  Top of the east coast, that is. Mt. Washington, NH, home of the world's worst weather. This volunteer supported and funded weather observatory is home to an extraordinary group of people who just love vicious cold, high winds, and isolation. Every hour they go out to take measurements and readi...

...is thanks to Audrey June-Forshey, taken at the well-documented Active Rain gathering in Annapolis, Maryland on December 22, 2008. Audrey has generously given permission to use the photo for my AR profile. Thanks Audrey!

When I was growing up, the excitement that built up before Christmas was an important part of the holiday fun. My brother and I spent hours imagining all the wonderful things Santa would bring us, and when my little sister came along, we played our parts in that happy fantasy. I helped bake cooki...

Every year at the end of September, the American Library Association joins with other groups to celebrate an important freedom. During "Banned Books Week," they remind Americans not to take this precious freedom for granted. This year the week runs from September 27 through October 4. For obvious...

  As the sky glowered a dismal gray, the first visitors stepped carefully down the slick cobbled streets of Mount Vernon Place at Baltimore's Book Festival. I guess we should have expected this; in past years the Festival has been cancelled at least once when a hurricane came through. But still, ...

  It was a sparkling late August day, typical of New Hampshire's Lakes Region. Blue sky, fair weather clouds, and glacier-made lakes reflecting the first signs of fall. Too soon for leaf-peepers but not yet Labor Day, so there were still plenty of tourists thronging to the outlets and "family att...

  You know those funky skewed letters you have to type sometimes when you want to leave a comment on a blog or confirm an online order? Well, there’s a name for that: CAPTCHA. Sounds kind of like “gotcha,” doesn’t it? But it’s actually an acronym that means Completely Automated Public Turing test...

If you've never sat in the midst of a patch of blueberry bushes and enjoyed the delicious anticipation of picking wild blueberries, this may not mean much to you. But one of the delights of going to the mountains of New Hampshire for vacation – for me, at least – is picking wild blueberries, free...