Happy
2019!
Eagle
Cam, Charles County Parks & Recreation, Port Tobacco River Park
“Hope smiles from the
threshold of the year to come …”
I love this quote
from Tennyson and would add that countless possibilities and fresh adventures
await us as well. May they all be happy ones in 2019!
Many months have passed since my last newsletter.
For those who have recently joined us, Mr. KK and I relocated across country
from the desert southwest to the mid-Atlantic to care for my parents who were then
entering their 90s. Astonishingly, nearly four years have passed. They have
been filled with a mixture of joy, heartbreak and gratitude. Mother is no
longer with us and my father is more than halfway through his 94th year with all the attendant challenges.
Necessarily, my writing efforts moved aside and currently
proceed at a glacial pace. Yet proceed they do, not on one story alone, but on
two. Some days it is easier to switch between projects and make progress as
inspiration flows and time allows. Future updates will be coming on those works.
Meanwhile, my website has been refreshed with new
articles added on “Viking Age Iceland.”
You will find them on the Author
Confidential page at www.kathleenkirkwoodhistoricals.com.
Also, since the status of PIRATES’ MOON remains “In
Progress,” its cover and link has been relocated from the cover-art side bar to
the Author
Confidential page as well. There you will find the PIRATES’ dedicated page plus
articles related to that story.
As we move deeper into the chilly days of January, Mr.
KK and I will be enjoying a bit of arm-chair bird watching as we anticipate (hopefully)
several “new” arrivals in the Port Tobacco River Valley. The eagles are back
and preparing their nest. January to March is their prime time to lay their
eggs and hatch their nestlings. Enjoy the county’s “eagle cam” and watch with
us from the comfort of your home. https://www.facebook.com/CharlesCountyParksRecreation/videos/
If you are like us, when days are short and cold, there
is nothing so pleasurable as curling up with a favorite hot “cuppa” and a good
book, or two, or even three. And if you
especially enjoy Medieval adventures with Norsemen abounding, then please download
our New Year Special offering The HEART Trilogy in e-book format, FREE from January
2 – January 6, 2019. The Collection contains my award-winning novels: THE
VALIANT HEART, THE DEFIANT HEART, and THE CAPTIVE HEART.
The
HEART Trilogy – Free from January 2 through January 6,
2019
And the Family Scribes …
Daughter, author and
cover-artist, Kimberly, creates Romance and Fantasy Art in between penning her
novels. She will soon be refreshing the cover of PIRATES’ MOON with a
slight “touch-up.” Stay tuned and enjoy a visit to her website and gallery at http://www.llynara.com.
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Son, Scott, is the author
of over 150 children’s books in ten different languages – an amazing achievement
with more projects to come! His collection can be found at his Amazon author
page here.
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While son Chris has
been known to tell many a “tall tale,” he has had little time to write them
down due to his day job as a restaurant real-estate broker. Still, I’m told he
keeps his story-telling skills sharpened, entertaining his fur-friends, Groot
& Rocket, who are ever attentive - especially when there is a treat
involved!
Happy
New Year
from
all of us,
two-legged
and four!
