from The Atomic Sailor... Captain Hartman glared at the helmsman. He watched for him to move. I repeat, run for sheltered water. That is an order, mister. He eyed each officer on deck. What the hell was the old man doing, I wondered, as my stomach rolled over? The helmsman knew from experience a sea this rough could break an aircraft carrier in half. He stared at the second officer in command, as if to pass, in the split second between blinks, a frightful message to a secret co-conspirator. He gulped, his eyes begging for help as the color drained from Cal Bradley's face. Lieutenant Bradley...

Dogs communicate, but most people don't know how to listen. Canines absorb knowledge from our training, and from other animals. Protagonist Herbie learns the way Native Americans from Michigan learn...by listening to their First Nation legends. STRONGHEART is a Rosetta stone that opens a dog's world of friendship, loyalty, and their painful search for courage from the point of view of an Old English sheepdog who lives in a hostile environment.

"Minnie's Potatoes," is a historical romance novel about the journey of a cultivated urban woman from Prussia who is thrown into the pioneer life of Michigan's early lumbering era, widowed and left with ten children to support. The question of the novel is, can this woman survive by brewing and bootlegging moonshine during Prohibition's early days? The narrative was inspired by the life of the author's great grandmother and is told in her voice.