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Oct 21, 2014

Early in the third novel in 'The River of Lakes Trilogy' Brian travels with his teenage daughter, Grace O'Malley Burke, to Ireland, to visit his...

Oct 10, 2014

Having just submitted 'Worlds Between', the second novel in The River of Lakes trilogy, for publication in the Spring, I am focusing now on the...

Sep 29, 2014

This morning I put on my Ernest Hemingway T-shirt that one of my daughters gave me a few years back, I read the last chapter...

Sep 15, 2014

Steve Fobister and I have a wonderful and very unusual relationship. He is a strong presence in my life, yet we rarely see each...

Sep 07, 2014

You asked for it. Well, sort of. I asked you to ask for it. And someone did, a couple of you did, fans...

Sep 02, 2014

It was such a great pleasure being able to launch Anung's Journey from the heart of Ojibwa lands, especially during such an exciting time as...

Aug 27, 2014

Thank you all. Thank you Shirley, the Director of the Museum of Ojibwa Culture, for inviting me to tell my stories during History Week,...

Aug 12, 2014

In the Fall of 2001 secret service files were published by the British Public Record Office that revealed a plot by the IRA to collaborate...

Aug 04, 2014

I had just finished the post below about Steve Fobister when I found out about his recent hunger strike. Read about it first here. There are...

Jul 28, 2014

As the planning continues for the launch of Anung's Journey at the Museum of Ojibwa Culture on August 21st and 22nd, I have gotten to...

Jul 25, 2014

My family and I fell in love with Ireland the three or four times we vacationed there and found ourselves so captivated by the West...

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