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The Mother’s and More Book Club from Findlay, Ohio follows me on twitter and shared me their comments about The Christmas Cookie Club.  How fun to get to be ‘a spy’ at their discussion: Comments: I really liked the “real life” feel of this book! The description of each woman gave me a feeling of “connectedness”… Read more

3 large eggs 2 T. flour 1 C pure maple syrup 3 T. melted butter 1/4 t. salt 3/4 cup light brown sugar 2 C pecans (1 C coarsely shopped. The other almost whole) 1 prepared pie shell (unbaked) Heat oven to 425. In a large bowl with electric mixer, beat eggs until light. Gradually… Read more

This is everybody’s favorite Chocolate desert.  It is very rich and the amaretto adds a special flavor.  Warning: it is time consuming, expensive (especially if you use good chocolate), but worth the effort. Friends and family ask me to make it and beg for the recipe! Cake: Shortening to grease pan 5 ounces of unsweetened… Read more

Here’s a fresh, easy to make, low cal, low fat dinner that will particularly appeal to those who like to improvise their recipes.  The key element is the tomatoes you chose.  Pick flavorful ones: heirloom, the new dry farmed , cherry or a combination.  My farmer’s market still has good tomatoes, but this might be… Read more

We’ve had so much fun on the Christmas cookie club page, but now we have to expand to a new page on facebook to embrace everything that is happening.  A paperback will be on sale as of Oct. 25, just a few short weeks away.  The new book will have the complete novel, an interview,… Read more

Recently I received comforting news through twitter. I’ve written before about the additional celebrations surrounding the Christmas Cookie Club that Facebook and Twitter have brought me. I thank all the people who have taken the time to tweet or message me and share the impact my books have had. How wonderful to be living in a time when… Read more

After I posted my painting of The Grackle who Sang the World Awake on Facebook, I was asked to tell the story of how that painting came to be. So, here it is: When I was in Costa Rica I met a bird who sang the sounds of the world to me.  I was on… Read more

Shortly after the 2011 new year, I received an email from Michelle, the director of a Hospice in a North Adelaide, South Australia. A new cookie club, inspired by the novel, brought cookies to the hospice. “A lady by the name of Carole and her cookie club friends shared with us an amazing gesture, delivering… Read more

THE CHRISTMAS COOKIE CLUB is so different from your other books. What made you decide to tell this story? I have been writing fiction for some time and have won prizes for short stories from small literary magazines. I also have written several novels that have not found a home, one back in high school…. Read more

I was in early high school when my grandfather gave me the March of Archaeology by C.W. Ceram for Christmas. The book’s cover, the famous golden lid of the mummy of Tutankhamen, and the story inside of the discovery of his tomb galvanized me. I don’t know why my grandfather gave me this book. Perhaps… Read more