Welcome! I am a writer and artist living on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. I write speculative fiction, essays and articles. I also make mosaics and dabble in oils, acrylics, and mixed media.
My woodland home sits beside a ‘holler’ at the foot of the Cape Breton Highlands, so I call this place Highland Holler. (And when you holler the highlands echo right back atcha!) Every season here brings its own delights and challenges. I share some of my thoughts and observations, gleaned from life here in the holler, on my blog. To see earlier posts, go to Blog List.

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This doodle ‘Bones’ appeared in ‘Magine: Unama’ki / Cape Breton’s Literary Magazine; Fall 2022, James Thompson, ed.
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April in Cape Breton is a time of transitions, of endings and beginnings – sometimes all in one afternoon. In this blog I muse on the ups and downs of April.
- April – Awful or Awesome?
- The Colours of Winter
- Stones I have Known
- Swimming with Frogs
- Dogs and Drift Ice