Vicky Earle

This was a particularly difficult piece for me to write. I knew I wanted to write a story related to Russia's invasion of Ukraine for...

I know I should be posting something cheerful, but I find that I can't. I'm sure you understand. This isn't a horrible story, it's just...

All the talk about weather and especially the images I've seen of crashing waves in the UK reminded me of a story I wrote. It's a bit of...

Congratulations to Jennifer Morrison on the publication of her book Run with a Mighty Heart! Jennifer relates the heart-warming and...

I wrote this story recently for the February Uxbridge Writers' Circle meeting. One of the words that we had to use in our word challenge...

An interview with Vicki Pappas, LongRun Thoroughbred Retirement Society. Awesome Wok N Roll is one of the beautiful thoroughbreds...

This is I'm a Kittyhawk (our thoroughbred broodmare) wearing a nice warm blanket. But do horses really need blankets in the winter? It...

It's cold out there! Well, it is here. As I write this, the forecast is for the temperature to drop to -21C tonight. So, the water will...

This is Lions Bay. He is the son of Lions Raw who lives on our farm. She is now 26 years old. Lions Raw was a successful racehorse and a...

This is our 'herd'. We have two retired racehorses/broodmares who live together in the large field at the back of our property. Lions Raw...

You may be wondering what this is! It's the underside of a tooth that I'm Dashing (our 4-year-old thoroughbred racehorse) left in his...

This is our home-bred thoroughbred racehorse, I'm Dashing. This photograph was taken on Christmas Day by a very dear friend. I'm Dashing...

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year! We all want to believe that 2022 will be a better year. I've started to collect ideas for the 5th book...

Not only is this not a Holiday Season story, it's set during a hot summer! (But there is a gift involved). This is a piece I wrote to...

This is an old horseshoe that was given to me by a dear friend and hangs by our back door. This is the door we use when we come and go to...

But first, I must apologize to subscribers to this new website. You've not been receiving notifications of my posts/updates (usually one...

My Christmas cacti are blooming! And it got me thinking about a story I wrote last month, called 'Foreign Body'. I hope you'll see why...

You can imagine that this was a difficult interview to conduct. After all, Kelly is a border collie. She's an important character in the...

And now for something completely different from mystery novels! At each meeting of the Uxbridge Writers’ Circle members read out a piece...

The turnout was great for the launch of my 4th book in the Meg Sheppard Mystery Series. Blue Heron Books in Uxbridge, Ontario, hosted the...