I had wanted to pack a tent, but it wouldn’t fit in the car so Scott surprised me with the next best thing: “Glamping.” I had never heard of it […]
Author Archives: Sharon Virts
Arena, North Dakota
As I opened my car door, a hawk screamed from his perch. He had a small rodent in his talons and was none too happy that we had interrupted his […]
Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania
Every summer after the July 4th celebrations, Jack McCarty (the Protagonist in MASQUE OF HONOR) and his wife Lucy would bring their daughter to ‘take in the waters’ at the […]
Musings: A Summer Shower
“A drop fell on the apple tree, Another on the roof; A half a dozen kissed the eaves, And made the gables laugh…” Ah, the words of Emily Dickinson in […]
Musings: Translating Passive Language of the Past
One of the challenges in writing Masque of Honor was how to make the story imminently “readable.” Have you ever read a book that was written in the 1810 -1820 […]
Musings: On the Road – Literally.
Recently I was asked this question as part of an ice-breaker exercise: “Name one thing you’d like to do or see in your life that you have not yet seen […]
Musings: If Walls Could Talk…
A typical response on our Selma Mansion Rebirth site when folks would make the comment “Oh if those walls could talk…” was “I’d be running out the front door!” (And […]
Musings: A Walk in the Afternoon
Although it’s been crazy hot these past few days, I find it comforting to walk in the late afternoon just before sunset (and before all those pesky mosquitos come out […]
Musings: The Romanovs – Russia’s Last Royal Family
The Russian revolution would depose the Romanov family from its imperial throne and three centuries of the Romanov Dynasty would come to an end on the evening of June 16th […]
Musings: Something About the Ocean Air…
A typical response on our Selma Mansion Rebirth site when folks would make the comment “Oh if those walls could talk…” was “I’d be running out the front door!” (And […]
