Sharing this again. It was originally posted her on April 1, 2025. ENJOY! Is it the woman who has a sign saying “KICK ME” on her ass? Is it the man who spits out his first sip of morning coffee because someone in the family put salt in the sugar bowl? Perhaps both people would qualify under usual circumstances, but this year there are many candidates of a far greater April Fools Day prank. The history of this day of foolishness goes back to 1582, when France switched from the Julian calendar...

This post is the Preface from Conflicting Roots. It explains why and how the novel came to be. The second is a full transcript of a Peace Ceremony which took place at Boston University in April, 1974. It was my attendance at this event that inspired me to learn more about King Philip's War and to, eventually, write a novel with it at the center.

Acts of witchcraft and tricks played on human beings by the Wee Ones often take place in Ireland’s County Clare. Tales are told of timeless leprechauns, clurichauns and shapeshifters who are still encountered in remote spots left untouched by modern times. One such location, not marked on any map, nestles darkly on the damp eastern shore of an unnamed lough near the ruins of Skahard Castle in Stone Forest townland at the edge of the Burren, Ireland’s stoniest place.