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  • TOP TEN NANTUCKET MOOD CUES

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

  • Book People!

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

  • NANTUCKET TOP TEN

    1.  COLOR:    Blue and white striped 2.  FOOD:  Blueberry Pie From Susan Simon’s THE NANTUCKET TABLE 3.  DRINK:   Whale’s Tale Pale Ale 4.  FLOWER: …

  • OBSESSED WITH HOUSES?

                 While writing this blog, I’ve discovered I’m obsessed with houses. Island Girls is about three sisters who will inherit a Nantucket house IF they…

  • WHALES!

    I wonder how many public high schools have the skeleton of a whale hanging in the main hallway. Nantucket High School does. It’s much like…

  • In Praise of Grandmothers

    One of my favorite characters in Secrets in Summer is Mimi, the grandmother visiting in the house next to Darcy.  She’s much like Nona in…