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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.

Down here is the Holler and up there are the Highlands.


Latest Post

This is the first in a series of posts about colour. Spring feels like a good time to begin, and for me the colour of spring is yellow. Why yellow? Because the first flowers to bloom here are yellow, and they shine like tiny suns against the dull brown debris. These bright yellow blooms are a sign of life awakening after its long winter slumber, of renewal and rebirth.