Category: History

A Flea in One’s Ear

October 7, 2025

While editing a scene in my work-in-progress, I pulled back to consider whether a particular character would say, “I’m going to send her packing with a flea in her ear.” Then, being me, I had to look up the phrase’s origin AND ensure I was using it correctly. It’s a wonder I ever finish writing...

History, Photo

Bedroom Eyes

October 7, 2024

The concept for writing my Bedroom Eyes series came from my friend, Alicia. We were hanging out together, and she said “I have an idea for a book.” She pulled out her phone and showed me a picture of Charles Wesley as a young man. He is one of the founders of the Methodist religion,...

History

Great Recoinage

October 18, 2021

The Great Recoinage of 1817 If ‘it bleeds, it leads’ accounts for a story spreading like fire across a city or nation; then the opposite must be true. An endeavor so organized—though of national importance—that comes and goes without incident, robberies, or chests of coins going missing. It, literally, occurs without notice and is buried...