Random Natterings

First book cover

Dear Reader…

My childhood was spent in the service of the post-war U.S. Navy, meaning, whenever Dad got orders, we moved. Typically, we moved about every two or three years, so it could have been worse. We did two things once we arrived in our new area: We found a church (Presbyterian mainly) and we found the…

English Garden

Regency Era: What Is It?

Try as we might, some of us novelists who have dabbled in Regencies can’t seem to wean readers off them. Strictly speaking, the Regency stretched from 1811, when George IV assumed his incapacitated father’s duties, and lasted until mad King George III died in 1820. Some scholars start the era sooner in 1795 or so.…