I love Christmas!   I love Christmas carols and concerts.   I love wrapping presents and sending cards.  I am […]

I’m shameless. I buy Charles Todd in hardcover.   Non-fiction and true!   Fabulous writing, brilliant mystery.   This might

COLOR Blue and White striped!   FLOWER New Dawn Rose   DRINK Whale’s Tale Pale Ale; Cranberry juice and Prosecco

  Tomorrow our family arrives!  I’ve got to go find my bathing suit and see if I can still fit

A very cold Nancy on The Crib Goch path on Mount Snowdon, Wales.   About 15 years ago, I tried

It’s almost time for me to pack my bags, take a ride on the ferry, and attend some book signings

My new book has inspired me to look at old photos. Charley and I were married in Christ’s Church, Cambridge,

  Thirty four years ago,just outside Kansas City,  my darling sister Martha married her true love, Chuck.   As the

EVENTS 2018  April 3, Tuesday A Nantucket Wedding Pub Date!     Prosecco Celebration at Mitchell’s Book Corner Friday, April

Our beautiful ocean looks like the surface of the moon today, and the wind is howling. Inside, my valiant and

This is my favorite month of the year! I love wrapping presents.   And seeing Santa arrive by Coast Guard

This year I’m thankful for flowers. And family. And food! And friends.   And books. And pets. And the glorious

  Several times a year, I leave the island and drive out to the middle of Massachusetts, near Amherst, where

September on Nantucket is usually a beautiful month.  As I walked home from town two days ago, I snapped these

Most Nantucket houses are covered with gray shingles, so every detail stands out like a picture in a frame. In

One of my favorite characters in Secrets in Summer is Mimi, the grandmother visiting in the house next to Darcy. 

How cute is this centerpiece for the Private Reception before my talk at the Frisco Library in Dallas, Texas! What

Thank you, North Richland Hills Library in Dallas, Texas!  Thanks for the amazing lunch and the wonderful turnout!  I had

May 17, I visited Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh, NC, signed some books, gave a talk, and made new friends. 

1.  COLOR:    Blue and white striped 2.  FOOD:  Blueberry Pie From Susan Simon’s THE NANTUCKET TABLE 3.  DRINK:   Whale’s

Who knew that Mr. Rogers had a home on Nantucket, out in Madaket?  For the 1996 review celebrating the newly

This is builder Charles Wood who built the Nantucket Atheneum in 1846 and 1847.  Not to be irreverant, but hubba

When I moved to Nantucket in 1984, I looked different from the way I look now (yes, shoulder pads) and

I was so pleased when Sofia Dakos said on my recent post about writing that she likes my little blue

I love winter, truly–it’s a great time to write.  But I miss color.  So when my husband went to Bermuda

December is my favorite month of the year. Christmas with all its excitement arrives, along with friends and family. The

  We can never forget we live on an island. On Nantucket, we’re thirty miles from the continent. We’re surrounded

As we head into the holiday season, I think that some of the more. . .mature. . . of my